SANCHEZ COVETED BY JUVE

Italian club Juventus are extremely close to winning the title for the second consecutive season, but they are not prepared to rest on their laurels.

The general director of the club, Beppe Marotta, has said that Bayern Munich winger Arjen Robben and Barcelona winger Alexis Sanchez are transfer targets for the club in the summer. Chilean winger Sanchez has struggled for form since his £ 35 million move from Udinese to Barcelona. Hence, there have been rumours that he may return to Italian football, where he enjoyed the best football of his career.

Arjen Robben has also grown increasingly frustrated with life at the German club this season. Even though he was one of the first-team regulars until last season, manager Heynckes has often used him as a substitute this season due to the form of Thomas Müller. Robben has regained his spot in the first-team in recent weeks following the injury to Toni Kroos. Despite winning the league title last season, Juventus have not been back to their best in the European competitions. They were recently knocked out of the Champions League by Bayern Munich in the quarter-final stage itself.

Marotta has said that it is vital that the club do well in the European competitions.

“They are two very good players. Robben is playing with great authority and with great ability in a club that is certainly the best in Europe at this time. Meanwhile, Sanchez is at Barcelona and he cost them an extremely important fee. I’m glad that there are these links, but I really do not have anything else to say about them apart from the fact that I admire these two talents,” said Juventus director Marotta. The club was also linked with a move for Manchester United winger Nani, but they seem to have cooled their interest in the player.