{"id":1240845,"date":"2022-01-06T12:13:50","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T12:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1240845"},"modified":"2022-01-06T12:13:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T12:13:50","slug":"miralem-pjanic-alvaro-morata-matthijs-de-ligt-juventus-barcelona-warning","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/miralem-pjanic-alvaro-morata-matthijs-de-ligt-juventus-barcelona-warning\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI would think twice\u201d \u2014 Miralem Pjanic warns Alvaro Morata and Matthijs de Ligt about leaving Juventus for Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Former Juventus star Miralem Pjanic has told Alvaro Morata and Matthijs de Ligt to &#8220;think twice&#8221; about joining Barcelona.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pjanic, 31, left Juventus for the Camp Nou in 2020, but he endured a disastrous spell in Catalonia and ultimately joined Besiktas in the summer on loan.<\/p>\n<p>Barca have once again been linked with a host of names from Turin, with Morata and De Ligt thought to be on Xavi&#8217;s radar this month.<\/p>\n<p>De Ligt, 22, only joined Juve in 2019, but his agent, the infamous Mino Raiola, recently revealed his client is ready for a new challenge and could leave Turin.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to spend Newcastle&#039;s \u00a3200m budget on FM22: Realistic raid or Gal\u00e1cticos 2.0?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rN7NvbUzxpQ?start=1&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;(De Ligt) is ready for a new step\u2026 he thinks that too,&#8221; Raiola told Dutch newspaper<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"mol-style-bold mol-style-italic\"><a class=\"class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nrc.nl\/nieuws\/2021\/12\/17\/mino-raiola-ik-heb-nooit-beweerd-dat-ik-goedkoop-ben-a4069406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\"><em>NRC<\/em><\/a> last month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The former Ajax captain has long been linked with a move to Barca, while Morata has also seen his named heavily associated with the club this month.<\/p>\n<p>However, Pjanic has issued a warning to both players, believing they may be better off sticking around at Juventus, rather than following in his footsteps.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Morata has had an amazing career so far,&#8221; Pjanic <a href=\"https:\/\/as.com\/futbol\/2022\/01\/05\/internacional\/1641366430_869143.html?m1=cG9ydGFkYV9wb3J0YWRh&amp;m2=QUNUVUFMSURBRA%3D%3D&amp;m3=Mg%3D%3D&amp;m4=bm9ybWFs&amp;m5=MjI%3D&amp;m1=cG9ydGFkYV9wb3J0YWRh&amp;m2=QUNUVUFMSURBRA%3D%3D&amp;m3=Mw%3D%3D&amp;m4=bm9ybWFs&amp;m5=MjI%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He played for big clubs like Chelsea, Atletico Madrid and Juventus.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sometimes players need motivation, but I would think twice before leaving a club where I feel well.<\/p>\n\n<p>&#8220;Morata knows what to do, Barcelona hired Xavi, a coach who knows the club really well, I don\u2019t know the details, but I\u2019ve always heard that Morata was happy at Juventus even if when Barcelona call you always need to think about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;De Ligt has three years left in his contract with Juventus, he has the right commitment, but I don\u2019t know if Barcelona are interested.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He made a great choice by deciding to join Juventus and work with Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini, he is happy at Juventus and when you are happy, it\u2019s better not to leave.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019ll see if he will have the motivation to leave.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite interest emanating from Catalonia for <span class=\"mol-style-bold mol-style-italic\">Morata, Juve manager Massimiliano Allegri recently poured cold water on a potential transfer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I told Alvaro that he is staying here, he is not leaving Juventus, end of story,&#8221; <span class=\"mol-style-bold mol-style-italic\">Allegri recently said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Juventus star Miralem Pjanic has told Alvaro Morata and Matthijs de Ligt to &#8220;think twice&#8221; about joining Barcelona. 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