Soccer News of Saturday, 24 May 2014

Source: Football Italia

Boakye ready to fight for Juve place

Richmond Boakye has revealed his determination to stay at Juventus at fight for a starting place next season.

The Ghanaian forward has been on loan at Spanish next Elche this term, where he netted five goals to keep Fran Escriba’s side in La Liga.

But the 21-year-old has claimed that now he’s back in Turin, he’d like to fight for a place in Antonio Conte’s XI.

“I want to stay and fight for my place,” he told africanfootball.com. “I won’t refuse to go out on loan again if it means I’ll get some continuity.

“But my goal is to stay in Turin and fight for my place at Juventus.

“Elche didn’t go quite as I’d expected, but I was able to have a new experience and I scored some important goals in key games.”