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Hellas Verona boss Mandorlini hails Juventus target Iturbe

Hellas Verona coach Andrea Mandorlini is full of praise for midfielder Juan Manuel Iturbe.

Juventus are new favourites to sign the Argentine.

"Is he the strongest I have coached? Yes, for pure technique and also for his physical capacity," Mandorlini told Tuttosport.

"Perhaps it is not easy to notice, if you do not work with him every day, but Iturbe is a Formula 1 car.

"He does not let up, he recovers quickly from physical exertion, he can shoot and has endurance. He can control the ball, but he is also a supreme athlete.

"Certainly he can get to the level of the greatest - he has everything he needs to grow again and to become one of the top five or six players out there.

"Iturbe is ready to export elsewhere what he has been seen in Verona."

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