Panathinaikos forward Filip Djuricic is backing Serbia teammate Lazar Samardzic over a move to Juventus.

Udinese midfielder Samardzic is also a target for Inter Milan.

Djuricic told TMW: “Lazar was born as a trequartista, but few now play with a player behind the forwards. He learnt to play as a central midfielder very well in Udine, so he would have no problem adapting to Juventus' system.

“With Samardzic, Juve would become even more of a Scudetto contender. In the midst of so many great players, he can do even better.

“Paradoxically, for someone like him it would be much easier to play for Juve than Udinese. I always watch his matches and, if he is strong at Udinese, he would become very strong in Turin."