Chiesa ‘shocked’ by Juventus cull and stark Thiago Motta warning

“Thiago Motta was clear with me: I don’t need you, find another club. I told him that I was ready to fight for my place, to prove I could still be of use to Juventus, but there was nothing to be done. It’s his choice,” explained the Italy international in the Corriere dello Sport.

His was only one of many changes to the squad over the last 12 months, which saw some legends of the locker room shoved aside.

“Everyone knew Szczesny and Rabiot were not part of their plans, but seeing Fagioli and Danilo pushed out shocked me. Dani was such a strong reference point in the dressing room, it was a choice I simply did not understand, nor agree with.”

The transformation was off the field too and isn’t finished yet, because Thiago Motta was sacked on March 23, failing to even see out a complete season in Turin.

Both Chiesa and Danilo made their feelings clear on the matter.

Director of sport Cristiano Giuntoli has also now been axed, just two years after he was poached from Napoli.

Chiesa won the Premier League with Liverpool and reached the Champions League quarter-finals, where they were eliminated by eventual winners Paris Saint-Germain.

“PSG really dominated us in the first leg, even if we won the match, but things went differently in the second leg and they won. It’s a very strong team, with such intensity. In the Final, once they were 2-0 up after 20 minutes, it was over. You could see Inter were psychologically crushed.”

Inter were eventually defeated 5-0 on the night in Munich.