See The Two World Class Strikers That Won The League With Juventus But Both Scored ZERO Goals

With several not very prolific strikers already on their books – Mirko Vucinic, Sebastian Giovinco, Fabio Quagliarella and Alessandro Matri – it was a tad strange that, during the summer of 2012, instead of going out of their way to get a proven goalscorer, Juventus opted for Nicklas Bendtner on loan from Arsenal.








Bendtner had just scored eight goals in 30 games on loan at Sunderland in the 2011-2012 season, which hardly seemed like the type of form to earn you a move to the newly-crowed Italian champions, but it was.


It took Bendtner until October 28 to make his first start in a 1-0 away win at Catania and then December 12 to make his second, which saw him suffer a thigh injury that was expected to rule him out for two to three months.






It opened the door for Juve to make yet another bizarre loan signing in the shape of Nicolas Anelka, who at the time was struggling to score goals in China.

Not surprisingly, Anelka managed just three appearances for The Old Lady, making as little an impact as humanly possible.

Meanwhile, still out injured, Bendtner was arrested for drink driving on March 4. He didn’t return to first-team action until the final league game of the season, with the title already wrapped up, when he came on as a second-half substitute and…broke his wrist.

Together the pair mustered 14 Juventus appearances, scoring zero goals.