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Juventus Football director Cristiano Giuntoli (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO \/ AFP) (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Juventus director Cristiano Giuntoli shrugs off Dusan Vlahovic controversy as \u2018of little importance\u2019 and reiterates they do not need a new striker in January, but will go on the market for a defender.<\/p>\n

It kicks off at San Siro at 17.00 GMT.<\/p>\n

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from this game, Verona-Inter and Parma-Atalanta on the Liveblog.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is an injury crisis for the Bianconeri, who are missing Vlahovic, Arkadiusz Milik, Nico Gonzalez, Douglas Luiz, Vasilije Adzic, Gleison Bremer and Juan Cabal.<\/p>\n

Before the muscular problem, Vlahovic had caused controversy by commenting that he preferred playing for Serbia than Juventus, as with a striker alongside him, he felt less isolated. Did that irritate Juve?<\/p>\n

\u201cI prefer to judge action rather than words. He is sacrificing himself for the collective and is ever-present, so we\u2019re happy with what he does. What he says is of little importance,\u201d Giuntoli told DAZN.<\/p>\n

Giuntoli keeps faith with Juventus squad<\/h2>\n
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This injury crisis leaves them with no strikers, so Teun Koopmeiners is the rather unexpected choice as False 9, with Weston McKennie also ready to switch places.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo far this season, the coach has shown his ability to always find some solution. Naturally, there are a lot of absentees, but he will do well again today. I don\u2019t even know who is playing as the centre-forward, so we\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n

Does Giuntoli like the idea of a Juve without a centre-forward?<\/p>\n

\u201cI like the team and Thiago Motta. Koopmeiners has a lot of quality, knows how to shake off defenders, while McKennie has proved over the years he can time his runs forward very well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Considering these problems, will Giuntoli and Juventus go back onto the transfer window for a centre-forward in January?<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are counting on getting Milik back, but we certainly need to do something in defence where we are missing two players long-term,\u201d he replied.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs things stand, the striker is not an issue, because Milik is getting over his fitness issues and he is very well-suited to the coach\u2019s ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n