Giorgio Chiellini warned Juventus must target a sixth consecutive Scudetto because “it’s something nobody has ever done and would make us legends.”
The Bianconeri have won five on the bounce and were expected to pour all their resources into the Champions League, but that does not seem to be the case.
“I’d love the sixth straight Serie A title!” Chiellini told the Corriere dello Sport newspaper.
Giorgio Chiellini warned Juventus must target a sixth consecutive Scudetto because “it’s something nobody has ever done and would make us legends.”
The Bianconeri have won five on the bounce and were expected to pour all their resources into the Champions League, but that does not seem to be the case.
“I’d love the sixth straight Serie A title!” Chiellini told the Corriere dello Sport newspaper.
“It’s something nobody has ever done before and something that would make us become legends of Italian sport. It’s an opportunity we’d ever be able to repeat again, but I think that really you’d have to wait a very long time for a side capable of winning six consecutive titles again.
“Therefore we can’t let this chance slip away. We all want it and have to achieve it.”
Yet it was almost a very different career path for the centre-back.
“In 2004 I was about to join Roma. They had bought half my contract, but were stuck with the Philippe Mexes situation.
“The Livorno President agreed terms with Roma, telling them I’d have arrived and the payment would be via other players in January. I was happy, because from Livorno to Roma is a big leap.
“Then one morning (Livorno President Aldo) Spinelli calls and tells me to go to Milan, because there are three or four Italian clubs who want me.
“Once I got there, I found (then-Roma director Franco) Baldini, who was hurling insults at the Livorno officials. I realised the room had another door in the middle, they opened it and I and saw Juventus representatives, so I realised at that moment my future would change.
“This is the true story of my football destiny. Sliding doors.”
What does Chiellini see for his career after retirement?
“I’d like to do something for Juventus, because at the end of the day it was my life and I continue to give my all to this club.
“If you’ve experienced all those years the way I did, you are totally concentrated on today’s game and not the future.”