{"id":331037,"date":"2025-12-07T21:07:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T21:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/331037\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T21:07:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T21:07:09","slug":"altafini-blasts-juventus-for-letting-rabiot-leave-tells-them-to-sign-frattesi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/331037\/","title":{"rendered":"Altafini blasts Juventus for letting Rabiot leave, tells them to sign Frattesi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary striker Jose Altafini believes Juventus have committed a grave mistake by allowing Adrien Rabiot to leave for free.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his memorable spell at Milan, the 87-year-old had stints at Napoli and Juventus. Ahead of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.juvefc.com\/napoli-vs-juventus-probable-lineups-a-midfield-run-off-for-spalletti\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sunday\u2019s meeting between his two former employers<\/a>, the Italo-Brazilian explained why this will be a crucial contest for both sides.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Juve win tonight in Naples, they can get back into the Scudetto race,\u201d argued Altafini in his interview with Tuttosport via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.juventusnews24.com\/altafini-dirigenti-juve-rabiot-frattesi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JuventusNews24<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis campaign is truly balanced and full of unexpected events: for this reason, the Bianconeri \u2013 if they were to get the three points today \u2013 can still have a say in the top spots.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Altafini slams Juventus for parting ways with Adrien Rabiot<\/p>\n<p>The iconic attacker hasn\u2019t been impressed with Juve\u2019s transfer activity over the past few years. Nevertheless, he identifies Rabiot\u2019s departure in the summer of 2024 as the biggest blunder committed by the management.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far, the management has made a lot of mistakes in recent years and spent cash on several players who haven\u2019t performed up to expectations and haven\u2019t proven to be up to Juve\u2019s level.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ac-milan-v-bologna-fc-1909-serie-a-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ac-milan-v-bologna-fc-1909-serie-a-1.jpg\" class=\"lazyload lazyload wp-image-154180 has-webp size-large\" alt=\"Adrien Rabiot in action for Milan\"  data- style=\"aspect-ratio:3693\/2494;max-width:1536px\"\/><\/a>(Photo by Marco Luzzani\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey need two or three additions to raise the level. Especially in midfield, where they had a top player like Rabiot, but they let him go. What a mistake! Someone should be kicking themselves, seeing as the Frenchman is now making Milan\u2019s fortune.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old left Juventus as a free agent in the summer of 2024, as his mother, Veronique, couldn\u2019t reach an agreement with then-Juventus Football Director Cristiano Giuntoli. He spent a year at Olympique Marseille before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.juvefc.com\/adrien-rabiot-reveals-allegri-juventus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reuniting with Max Allegri at Milan last summer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Altafini advises Juventus to sign David Frattesi<\/p>\n<p>Altafini also discussed Davide Frattesi, who has been unsatisfied with his limited playing time since joining Inter in the summer of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The former striker believes the midfielder would seamlessly fit into Luciano Spalletti\u2019s tactical jigsaw at Juventus, having already worked under the manager\u2019s tutelage with the Italian national team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrattesi would be ideal for Juve. At Napoli, he would find himself behind\u00a0 Anguissa; while under Spalletti, he would be fully exploited, as was the case in the national team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is a strong player, but at Inter, he has little space: he needs to play, and I would see him doing well in black and white.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/8358eec36d8646ef64034d20714ad880\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Avatar\" class=\"lazyload avatar avatar-100 wp-user-avatar wp-user-avatar-100 photo avatar-default\"\/>\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.juvefc.com\/author\/michel-sakr\/\" title=\"Posts by Michel Sakr\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michel Sakr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Michel is a football journalist based in Beirut who has been a die-hard Juventus supporter since 1996. He is a Law graduate and a member of the Beirut Bar Association. In addition to writing for Juve FC, he is also the Head Writer for The Laziali and a Featured Writer on other websites including Stretty News, and The Cult of Calcio.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"author-social\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Michel.Calcio10\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"author-social\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Michel_Calcio\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Legendary striker Jose Altafini believes Juventus have committed a grave mistake by allowing Adrien Rabiot to leave for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-331037","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}