Manchester City showed interest in Alberto Costa during his Juventus days | OneFootball

Cristiano Giuntoli, former sporting director of Juventus during the 2023/24 to 2024/25 season, spoke to the Italian press last Tuesday to clarify the work he did at the club, which was heavily criticized after his departure.

The former player, who came from the lower divisions of Italian football, also revealed an interest that was previously unknown to the fans of the "vecchia signora" and to the Portuguese.

“The players I signed are all starters in other teams. I don't want to seek controversies, but I wasn't given time to work. With only one year, and I even paid for Bremer's injury,” the former director of the Italian team began to state, in declarations to Corriere dello Sport, cited by the portal Goal.

“From Daniel Huijsen being criticized, to Kolo Muani… Even Nico González is doing very well at Atlético de Madrid. Maybe I wasn't wrong. They could talk about all the players I sold,” he continued, before revealing a detail about a Portuguese player.

“Did you know that Manchester City was interested in Alberto Costa when he was still at Juventus? I reorganized the club's finances. When I arrived, they had deficits of 300 million euros, now they have only 58 million euros in losses. The average age of the squad went from 30 to 25 years. They should try harder to ‘clear’ my name,” added Cristiano Giuntoli.

It should be remembered that Alberto Costa joined Juventus in 2024/25 for about 13.8 million euros paid to Vitória Sport Clube, before FC Porto secured his signing just one season later, for around 15 million euros, with João Mário moving in the opposite direction for 12.6 million.

This season, the right-back of the Dragons has already played 24 games wearing the blue and white jersey and contributed with five assists in all competitions, being one of the reasons for the good performance of Francesco Farioli's team, which leads the I Liga alone.

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