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#3 Rodrigo Bentancur
A product of the famed Boca Juniors youth academy, Rodrigo Bentancur arrived at Juventus in the summer of 2017 and has been a key player for the Bianconeri during his three seasons at the club.
The 23-year-old Uruguayan is a a skilful two-footed versatile midfielder who can play in a bevvy of positions like defensive midfield, attacking midfield, wings on either flank and also at times as a target man or a second striker in the attacking third.
Though Bentancur doesn't score a lot of goals (he has scored only thrice in 110 appearances for Juventus in various competitions), his ball-winning prowess and creativity to conjure scoring opportunities for teammates could be crucial to the success of Pirlo's high-pressing gameplan.
#4 Paulo Dybala
Apart from a certain Lionel Messi, Paulo Dybala is arguably one of the best active Argentinian players in the game.
The 26-year-old, who arrived at Juventus in the summer of 2015 and inherited the number 21 jersey worn by current Bianconeri boss Andrea Pirlo, has been a key player for the team during his five seasons at the Italian giants.
Possessing a low centre of gravity due to his diminutive stature, Dybala is renowned for his technical brilliance, shooting prowess, dribbling skills and ability to manouevre his way out of tight spaces. The Argentinian is also a prolific scorer who can conjure up scoring opportunities for teammates, attributes that undoubtedly make him a key player in new Juventus boss Andrea Pirlo's scheme of things.
Last season, Dybala, who scored 11 goals and made as many assists, managed to outshine his illustrious teammate Cristiano Ronaldo to win the Serie A's Most Valuable Player of the Season Award.
If the likes of De Ligt and Bentancur are able to feed the ball to Dybala in forward areas of the pitch on a consistent basis, Juventus' Argentinian maestro could have one of his most prolific seasons for the club. And that could only augur well for the Bianconeri's domestic and European ambitions.
#5 Cristiano Ronaldo
Following a rather lukewarm debut campaign for Juventus in 2018-19 considering his staggering standards, 35-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo was back at his goalscoring best as he plundered 31 goals to finish five goals behind Capocanonniere winner Ciro Immobile last season.
Undoubtedly, the Portugal captain's goals were key to Juventus' fortunes last season - he tallied almost 50% of the Bianconeri's Serie A goal-tally in 2019-20 - something that is unlikely to change under Andrea Pirlo as well.
In fact, such was Ronaldo's importance to the Juventus cause that the club lost only four of the 25 games in which their talismanic striker found the back of the net in.
Despite his advancing years, Ronaldo shows no signs of slowing down. Last season, he became the fastest player to score 50 Serie A goals and tied a competition record (11) for the most number of consecutive games scored.
The first player to score 50 goals in the English Premier League, La Liga and Serie A would undoubtedly look to win the coveted Capocannonieri award that has eluded him the last two seasons.
However, more importantly, the all-time Champions League top-scorer would look to emulate Clarence Seedorf as the only players to win the competition with three different clubs and help Juventus win the coveted trophy for the first time this century.
Serie A and European defences have been suitably warned. Cristiano Ronaldo means business.
