Barely arrived at Juve, Jonathan David receives a welcome … rather muscular message from a legend from the club.
Jonathan David has just initialed his contract with Juventus, and here he is already at the center of attention. The Canadian striker, who left LOSC at the end of the contract, is about to discover a new world. He came out of several full seasons in France, where he has never scored less than 25 goals, all competitions combined. What happen to Turin with full confidence and the desire to win. But in a club like Juve, the state of grace never lasts very long.
Welcome to Juventus: the input pressure
The first welcome message did not come from his teammates, but from a legend from the club, Marco Tardelli. And the least we can say is that he did not take gloves. “Juventus is not Lille”,
he warned in the Gazzetta dello Sport. “It is not easy to maintain this level in Serie A. A advice?” Just a few words: at Juventus, you have to score goals and win. »» A recall to the order in good and due form, even before David touched his first ball.
This outing is not a personal attack. It is a media hazing, a way of making him understand where he sets foot. At Juventus, the requirement is total, the pressure is constant, and the past, as brilliant as it is, does not count. Each newcomer, regardless of his pedigree, must prove himself and adapt to this winning culture where only victory is beautiful. For David, the message is clear: his exploits in Lille are appreciated, but they do not offer him any credit.
In the footsteps of Zidane?
This immediate pressure is not new. Other big names before him have known this culture shock. We remember in particular of Zinedine Zidane, who said that he was surprised, even shocked, by the intensity of physical preparations on his arrival. The Frenchman needed an adaptation time to digest this workload before becoming the unstoppable player we know. He had to prove himself too.
This is undoubtedly all the evil that we can wish to Jonathan David. Tardelli's warning is brutal, but it is also a sign that expectations are high. The Canadian is warned: the path will be difficult and strewn with pitfalls. It is up to him to transform this pressure into fuel to win, as Zidane did before him. The first chapter of his Turin adventure is written: he will be under close surveillance.
