Chiesa hopes to return to action by September

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hopes to return to action by early September and is also delighted to be re-teaming with

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The 24-year-old star was one of Juventus' key players last season, but suffered a serious injury in January during a 4-3 win over Roma. He also missed the World Cup qualifiers, where Italy failed to reach Qatar after losing to northern Macedonia. Now Chiesa has expressed hope that he will be able to return to the squad by September.

He said:

“My dream is to return as soon as possible, but there are schedules to be respected and I think we are doing a great job. At the camp I’m surrounded by great professionals, the Juventus medical staff are fantastic and have helped me in every way, we’ve come together.

“Now we’re in a phase where I’ve started to run, I’ve also started to make the first changes of direction and we’ll see.

“I think I’ll be ready at the beginning of September, let’s see if we can do something sooner, but to be sure and not have relapses in the future, which nobody hopes for, it will be September.”

Asked about teaming up again with former team-mate Dusan Vlahovic, Chiesa said:

“We’ve already paired up and I get on very well with him on the pitch, then he’s a friend off it and that only makes things better on the pitch. I can’t wait to play with him and give him some balls to score a few more goals.”

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