Aquilani: No hard feelings towards Juve

AC Milan midfielder Alberto Aquilani has insisted that he holds no ill feeling towards Juventus after the club spurned him.

The Italy international could have joined Antonio Conte’s side at the end of his 12-month loan deal last season, but the club did not take up the option to sign him on a permanent deal, resulting in the former Roma man signing for Milan for the 2011-12 campaign.

Juventus struggled to a seventh-place finished last term, yet Aquilani has no regrets over the move to the Turin side.

“I have absolutely no bitterness towards Juventus because they are the side who brought me back to Italy after an unfortunate period in the Premier League,” Aquilani told Sky Sport Italia.

“Of course, compared to when I was there, Juventus have changed a lot. Many of the players who were in the starting XI now no longer even find strength on the bench. There has been a huge transformation.”

“Was it a change for better or worse? Well, if they are still unbeaten, then there must be a reason.”

Juventus and Milan are currently joint leaders in Serie A, with both clubs currently at winter training camps in Dubai, ahead of the resumption of the league.