 However, he did not rule out a return to Juventus after being linked to a permanent return to replace Fabio Grosso.In September against Napoli, Criscito was shown a straight red card for allegedly swearing at the referee after being penalized for a foul on Christian Maggio, but Gasperini later defended the 23-year-old saying that he was angry at himself, not the referee.The appeal to rescind the red card was turned down, but his ban was reduced to 2–3 matchdays.