For some Belgian players, this season is quite uneven. There is one who surprised a lot of people even though we no longer seemed to be counting on him as a starter.
The season had started with starts but little by little, he was sent back to the bench and there was talk of a departure as early as this January, just a few months after his move to the professionals.
Surprise tenure
If a departure cannot be completely ruled out, Samuel Mbangula proved this Friday in the semi-final of the Italian Super Cup that he had the level for Juventus. Thiago Motta decided to start him to face AC Milan and his performance was quite good, even if he was replaced and Juventus was ultimately eliminated.
“Thiago Motta’s surprise decision: it works. It works,” writes Tuttomercatoweb about him. With a rating of 6.5, he is the Turin player to obtain the best rating on the team for this meeting. Having given up his place in the 65th, Mbangula went down while his team led 1-0.
“It works”
Under contract with Juventus until 2028, Mbangula has a value of 8 million and it has often been written by the Italian press that the Old Lady could try to recover ten million during the winter transfer market in order to strengthen themselves. For the moment, it is difficult to know if management still wants to sell.
As for the player and his entourage, the intention is to continue where he is currently and to continue to find a place in one of the biggest Italian teams but which is in full reconstruction this season and which will need all the living forces.
