Juve’s sixth straight Scudetto is a testament to the small group of players who have remained. But there have also been fantastically shrewd transfer dealings
Massimiliano Allegri might want to keep an eye on the baggage scanner when Juan Cuadrado checks in for next week’s flight to Cardiff. The Colombian tipped two bottles of water over his manager in the wake of Juventus’s Coppa Italia win last Wednesday, but after they sealed the Scudetto he covered his boss in foam instead.
Is it premature to ask what celebration Cuadrado has in mind for a Champions League triumph? There is still the small matter of a final against Real Madrid to get through, after all. But that is the only obstacle remaining in Juve’s pursuit of the treble. For the sixth season running, they are Serie A champions. No team in Italy, England, Spain or Germany has ever won so many consecutive domestic titles before.
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