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Kenan Yildiz and Dean Huijsen pose for a photograph following the FIFA Club World Cup match between … More Real Madrid and Juventus (Photo by Michael Regan – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images) FIFA via Getty Images Juventus have rightly been widely criticised for ignoring the quality of Dean Huijsen, looking on as the young defender signed for Real Madrid just 10 months after being sold by the Turin giants. Any number of analysts and pundits – as well as former players and coaches – have weighed in on the subject, asking how a player of such obvious quality managed to play just 12 minutes for the Juve first team. “I am surprised that Juventus didn’t see the clear potential of the boy,” Fabio Capello – who managed both Juve and Real Madrid told La Gazzetta dello Sport this week. “Huijsen didn’t just suddenly become good. If he’s playing for Real Madrid at 20, he’s surely good enough for Juventus.” Dean Huijsen’s three-year spell at Juventus Indeed, it should have been incredibly obvious that Huijsen was an emerging talent. Juventus signed the Málaga youth product back in 2021. Impressing in the Bianconeri academy, he was sent to represent the club’s Next Gen team in Italian football’s third tier in January 2023. Quickly rewarded with a new contract, Huijsen made his first team debut in October 2023. Introduced as a 78th-minute substitute in a 1-0 win over AC Milan at San Siro should be the start of a story of Juve’s next great defender, but rather than follow in the illustrious footsteps of Gaetano Scirea, Andrea Barzagli or Giorgio Chiellini, he would never be given a second chance. Instead, just three months after that maiden outing, Huijsen was sent on loan to AS Roma. Then boss Daniele De Rossi would not make…

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