Khephren Thuram reveals cheeky Marcus message for Napoli-Juventus | OneFootball

Khephren Thuram reveals his brother Marcus urged him to ‘win it for Inter’ ahead of today’s clash with Serie A leaders Napoli, but he replied that Juventus had more than enough motivation.

It kicks off at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona at 17.00 GMT.

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from today’s three Serie A games on the Liveblog.

The Bianconeri beat Milan 2-0 last week in Serie A, but were then held to a disappointing 0-0 midweek Champions League draw away to Club Brugge.

“We are hoping to find some consistency, as we did really well against Milan and were lacking something with Bruges, but it is a young group of players and we are learning all the time,” Thuram told DAZN.

“Our attitude must always be very aggressive and winning duels, because that is the most important thing in football, it all starts from there.”

Thuram welcomes Kolo Muani to Juventus

Randal Kolo Muani of France celebrates scoring the 1-0 during the UEFA EURO 2024 semi-finals soccer match between Spain and France in Munich, Germany, 09 July 2024. EPA-EFE/RONALD WITTEK

Surprisingly, Thuram’s fellow France international Randal Kolo Muani is given his debut in the starting XI for Juventus, just days after arriving from Paris Saint-Germain.

Khephren Thuram has a picture of his big brother Marcus on his shinpads, so could a victory against the leaders also do Inter a favour?

“He did write to me before the game, he told me to win it for Inter! I told him we’ll win it for us!” laughed Khephren.

This was expected to be a Scudetto showdown this season, but Juventus find themselves a massive 13 points adrift of Napoli going into the Week 22 fixture.

It is largely because of the stalemates, as Juve have drawn 13 of their Serie A games so far and won only eight, even if they remain unbeaten in this competition.