Juventus coach Massimilano Allegri welcomed new signing Mario Mandzukic to the club. In an interview with Sky Italia during an event for young footballers, the man in charge of this year’s Champions League runners-up was quick to insist that the Croatian striker was not there just as a substitute for Carlos Tévez: “We don’t have to replace him [Tévez]. What we have to do is sign players and study the way they play. Mandzukic is on his way and we have Zaza, Coman, Morata and Dybala, young players with a lot of quality. Mandzukic has scored everywhere he has played. He has a lot of personality and plays at international level. He'll do a good job.”
Allegri also wanted to offer more reassurances for the club's latest addition: “We signed him because he was the player we wanted. I’m really happy because that was our choice.” Juventus signed the rojiblanco forward for a fee of 18 million euros.