Former Juventus midfielder Claudio Marchisio is unhappy seeing Paulo Dybala playing further away from goal, in order to accommodate Cristiano Ronaldo at Juventus.
The Argentine scored 22 goals and provided five assists in Serie A last season and played a major role in ensuring that Juve secured a fourth consecutive domestic double.
Dybala has scored just nine goals in 35 games across all competitions this season and, clearly, Marchisio is unhappy with how Massimiliano Allegri is using him.
“Paulo has an innate gift, it’s a shame to see him playing so far from the goal,” Marchisio, 33, now at Zenit Saint Petersburg, told Gazetta dello Sport, according to Goal.
Thee 55-times capped Italy international was a mainstay in the Bianconeri midfield from 2005-2018, and added: “I remember his first match with Juventus; Super Cup v Lazio, he came in and I said ‘stay in the opponent’s area’, and he scored goals.”
Claudio Marchisio played 389 games for Juve.
Marchisio won seven Scudetto’s in Turin and admitted he had hoped to spend one more season with the Italian giants. Marchisio signed for Zenit last September after Juve terminated his contract.
“August 17, the adventure came to an end, but the market was closing and I thought I would stay,” he added. “The club decided to terminate the contract, for me it wasn’t easy.
“With hindsight we could say there have been so many injuries in midfield, maybe I would have had room [to play]. But it would have been wrong to stay, I would not have managed another year like the last one. I was hoping for some more opportunities, but I always put the group in front of the individual.
“I gave so much but Juventus also gave me so much. I’ve no regrets. In football, as in life and in love, there are so many ways to end stories. In the end, I consider myself lucky for what I had. I lost two Champions League finals but I’m happy to have won seven Scudettos.”
