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Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri declared “we have a duty to win the Scudetto” after the Bianconeri failed to win a trophy last season.
Allegri returned to Turin at the start of the 2021-22 campaign and had to settle for fourth in Serie A after a poor start to the season.
Juve were unable to keep up with Scudetto challengers Milan and Inter, while Napoli finished in third, nine points clear of the Bianconeri.
Allegri’s side also fell to extra-time defeat in the Coppa Italia final against Inter and crashed out of the Champions League at the last-16 stage to Villarreal.
That marked the first season Juve have not lifted a trophy in 10 years, and Allegri hopes he has laid the foundations for improvement in the upcoming campaign.
“As always, we are starting to hit all the seasonal objectives, very important players have arrived, some experienced and others younger,” he told reporters.
“For us, it will be the second year and this is a good starting point. We have a duty to win the Scudetto, especially after finishing last season without a trophy for the first time in 10 years.”
Juve have acted to close the gap on Milan, Inter and Napoli by bringing in Angel di Maria from Paris Saint-Germain and re-signing Paul Pogba on a free transfer from Manchester United.
Matthijs de Ligt then left the Serie A side for Bayern Munich this week and, after Juve brought in Bremer as his replacement, Allegri hailed the squad he has started to assemble.
“Pogba and Di Maria are extraordinary, then we have a young player like [Federico] Gatti and others that I have to evaluate,” he added.
“I am very happy with Bremer’s arrival, he has the characteristics we were looking for and he is very physical.
“There aren’t many defenders of that level around and the club was very good at replacing De Ligt promptly.
“I’m satisfied, but now let’s think about the games because there is less than a month to go until the start of the season.”
Juve begin their pre-season campaign on their tour of the United States against C.D. Guadalajara and Allegri is intrigued to see how his side fare in their first friendly.
“We worked well for 10 days, now I’m curious to see how we will play in this first test,” he continued.
“For us it will be a good friendly to play, Chivas are a great team even if they are not doing well in the league.
“We know the Mexican league well, our opponents are an organised team and they have good players. It will be the first of three games that we will need to prepare for the season in the best possible way.”
