Juventus coach Max Allegri is delighted working with Adrien Rabiot.

The France midfielder has played the best football of his career over the past 12 months.

Allegri enthused: "An extraordinary player, he has a different engine from the others, he learned to score goals, he believes more in himself.

"I think he can do better this year, not in terms of goals but in terms of performance. It gives me great satisfaction already for the way he runs. I sent Rabiot messages because he doesn't answer the phone, I wrote to him on Whatsapp, every now and then he answered and sent me smileys.

"I think he made the right choice because here he has become an important man in the dressing room. Danilo is captain and the vice captains are Alex Sandro and Rabiot."