5 important things that Juventus must do next season

#4 Start playing a proper defensive midfielder

A defensive midfielder is needed to free up Pjanic's creativity

Claudio Marchisio, Blaise Matuidi, Sami Khedira, Stefano Sturaro are good midfielders but all have one thing in common; as good as they all are, none of them is a defensive midfielder.

The four midfielders mentioned are all typically box-to-box midfielders who do their best work by driving forward from midfield to either support the attack or help press opponents high up the pitch.

The Bianconeri have always been known for having a quality midfield and while the current crop has some very good players, none of them is a specialist in intercepting opposition attacks, breaking up play and shielding the defence.

This has forced coach Allegri to deploy Miralem Pjanic as the defensive screen as he has shown more discipline that the aforementioned quartet.

What this has done, however, is to rob the team of the creative influence of one of Europe’s finest regista (deep lying playmaker) as Pjanic is now preoccupied with shielding the defence and not dictating play and making the creative moves he is brilliant at making.

This has forced Dybala to assume the mantle of being the team’s sole creative focus.

Young Uruguayan, Rodrigo Bentancur seems to be the long-term solution and needs to be given more games while the constant rumours about Liverpool’s Emre Can joining on a free transfer refuses to go away.