Juventus manager, Massimiliano Allegri, has insisted that Leonardo Bonucci will not leave the club.
The £50million-rated defender is one of Chelsea boss Antonio Conte’s key targets, as he looks to strengthen his defence ahead of next season.
Bonucci fell out with Allegri in February and was dropped for a Champions League game away to Porto. The two men have apparently settled their rift and the manager is backing the 30-year-old to take over as captain, when Gianluigi Buffon retires next year.
“At that particular moment, [dropping Bonucci] was the right thing to do. There are times when you should turn a blind eye and times when you have to have your eyes wide open and in that moment Leo was wrong.
“I was wrong too, and in fact I punished myself and Leo was left out. It was an important and decisive game and even if we’d lost we’d have had the strength to win 10 more.
“We played a good game against Porto and then, after two days, Bonucci came back, because he’s an important player, an extraordinary player.
“Above all, he has to understand that he’ll be the future leader of the Juventus dressing room,” Allegri said.
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