Juve show interest in Viana

By Matthew Jones
November 15 2002

One of the goalscoring heroes for United against Feyenoord was Portuguese star Hugo Viana, who is now the subject of interest from Juventus. What a cracking goal it was mind!

The European Young Player of the Year has been an instant hit with the Toon Army since making his £8.5million move from Sporting Lisbon in the summer, despite failing to hold down a regular first team place.

However, it has been revealed that the 19-year-old winger could well have been lining up in the black and white stripes of Juventus this season rather than the stripes of Newcastle. The Italians were considering making a bid for Viana in the summer, and were disappointed to learn the player had agreed a move to England.

And Viana has hinted that there may still be interest in him from the Italian champions. Viana said: “I know that there was the Juentus option before I came to Newcastle. Regarding current interest from them, I do not know. For now, I am just concentrating on working towards the Newcastle first team. I cannot comment on anything else"