With the debate over Thiago Motta's Juventus future heating up in recent weeks, Antonio Cassano has chosen sides.

Juventus on Thursday swung to a 17 million euro ($18 million) profit in the first half of its fiscal year, as the Italian soccer club's return to Europe's lucrative elite club competition Champions League boosted revenues.

Discover how to live stream and get game time information for the Serie A matchup between Juventus and Hellas Verona.

Georgiy Sudakov is currently one of the most sought-after players in world football, with the midfielder continuing to impress at Shakhtar Donetsk.

Empoli reached the Italian Cup semifinals for the first time in its history as it surprisingly knocked out holder Juventus on penalties on Wednesday. Khéphren Thuram had scored a stunning equalizer for Juventus following Youssef Maleh’s opener and the match finished 1-1.

Douglas Luiz has endured an injury-hit start to life at Juventus and he suffered another problem against Cagliari in Serie A on Sunday.

Juventus has been eliminated from the Coppa Italia, a competition that many of their fans had hoped would bring them silverware this season

Having used inexperienced, home-grown talent to beat Juventus and reach the Coppa Italia semi-finals for the first time, Empoli may use the same tactic in their battle for Serie A survival.

Juventus have confirmed defender Renato Veiga is set for a spell on the sidelines after suffering a leg injury during Wednesday's loss to PSV. Veiga, who is on loan at Juve from Chelsea, pulled up early on during the Bianconeri's Champions League play-off loss in the Netherlands.

According to Tuttosport, Juventus will go all-out to sign David Hancko from Feyenoord this summer. To that end, Juve sporting director Cristiano Giuntoli has put together a package worth around €23 million – including addo-ons – which he will present as an official offer to the Dutch side for the services of the defender.