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Star player Gleison Bremer should have a higher profile. The Brazilian looks like the best centre-back in Serie A on his day and Juventus’ season deteriorated after he ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament in October.

Juventus’ big names, Dusan Vlahovic, Nico Gonzalez and Teun Koopmeiners, are big in Italy, not elsewhere and did not perform to their ability this year, which is why Khephren Thuram is the player to follow.

Son of Juventus legend and World Cup winner Lilian, his driving runs from midfield were increasingly hard for opponents to stop once he settled into his first Serie A campaign.

Juventus’ Next Gen team, an under-23 side registered in Italy’s third division, has bridged the gap between youth team and first team football. Though many youngsters have been sold, the star of the Next Gen scheme, Kenan Yildiz, is still at the club.

Juventus’ decision to give him the prestigious No 10 shirt shows how much they believe in the 20-year-old Turk, who was involved in 15 goals this season.

Interestingly, Juve originally played in pink before, in 1903, the team’s first foreign player, a Brit by the name of Gordon Thomas Savage, brought some Notts County shirts back to Italy with him. Juventus changed colours and style, and have worn black and white stripes ever since, with some variations.

The jersey Juventus will don at the Club World Cup incorporates pink into the default colour scheme made possible by Savage.