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

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.

Empoli knocked Juventus out of the Coppa Italia with a dramatic 4-2 penalty shootout win after a 1-1 draw in regular time, leaving coach Thiago Motta ashamed by the Bianconeri's shock exit.

Thiago Motta is under growing pressure at Juventus following The Old Lady’s exit to Empoli in the Coppa Italia quarter final. The Bianconeri lost to the Tuscan side on penalties after the game finished 1-1 after extra time.

Thiago Motta might have only one solution left to stay on as Juventus coach. After two successive eliminations in the space of a week — from the Champions League and the Italian Cup — the pressure is on for Juventus to secure a top-four finish in Serie A and a spot in next season’s Champions League.

Juventus can reportedly count on a boost worth circa 5 million euros in the summer thanks to their former defender Koni De Winter.

Taking responsibility for bad results is a good thing, but Juventus boss Thiago Motta took it entirely too far after his team was dumped from the Champions League and Coppa Italia in the same week. Serie A seems lost,

Out of the Champions League and now the Coppa Italia, Thiago Motta admits his Juventus are about as low as they can get.

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

Thiago Motta might have only one solution left to stay on as Juventus coach. After two successive eliminations in the space of a week the pressure is on for Juventus to secure a top-four finish in Serie A and a spot in next season’s Champions League.

Juventus have spent much of this season in crisis but the apparently ailing "Old Lady" of Italian football has a great chance of entering the Serie A title race against