Juventus and Jonathan David: Conditions for a Possible Exit
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Jonathan David plays football for Juventus. He is a striker. A striker is a player who tries to score goals.
David wants to leave Juventus. But he has some conditions for his exit. Conditions are things that must happen first.
Juventus coach Luciano Spalletti wants more players for the attack. But David is stopping this. People say he is like a 'block' for the club.
Juventus cannot buy a new striker easily right now. This is because of the David situation.
Another player, Fofana, may go to Roma. This is one of many transfers happening in football this week. A transfer is when a player moves to a new club.
Many clubs are talking about players this week. This is called the transfer market. It happens two times every year.
Vocabulary15 words
- striker
- a player who tries to score goals
- conditions
- things that must happen first
- exit
- leaving a place or team
- transfer
- when a player moves to a new club
- transfer market
- time when clubs buy and sell players
- coach
- person who trains a sports team
- attack
- part of a team that tries to score
- block
- something that stops another thing
- club
- a sports team organization
- deal
- an agreement between two sides
- situation
- what is happening now
- goal
- when a player scores in football
- team
- a group of players who play together
- plans
- ideas about what to do next
- player
- a person who plays a sport
Quiz
Answer key
1. Striker 2. David's conditions are stopping things 3. Roma
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Jonathan David plays football for _____. He is a striker.
David wants to _____ Juventus. But he has some conditions for his exit.
Juventus coach Luciano _____ wants more players for the attack.
David is stopping this. People say he is like a '_____' for the club.
Juventus cannot buy a new _____ easily right now.
Another player, _____, may go to Roma.
This is one of many _____ happening in football this week.
Many clubs are talking about players this week. This is called the transfer _____.