  In this contribution I will highlight the new challenges for top quark
physics at LHC Run II, focusing in particular on the interplay between
precision studies on the top quark and searches for new physics. A new strategy
to search for subtle scenarios of new physics is envisaged. The ability of
compute and measure very accurately top quark properties such as its production
rate, decay properties, e.g rates and distributions, and variables sensitive to
the top quark mass is put at the center of this strategy to probe new physics.
