Juventus said Friday that
Massimiliano Allegri will no longer be the coach of the Turin
giants next season.
Allegri is departing after winning five Serie A titles in as
many seasons and leading Juve to 11 trophies in total.
"Massimiliano Allegri will not be on the Juventus bench for
the 2019/2020 season," the club said on their website, adding
that the coach will speak to the media together with Chairman
Andrea Agnelli on Saturday.
Allegri took over in 2014 after the shock departure of
Antonio Conte, who had won three titles on the trot before
leaving for stints at the Italian national team and then
Chelsea.
The appointment was initially met by skepticism among Juve
fans.
Allegri had won the league his first season with his
previous club, AC Milan, in 2010-11, but there was little
success after that and he ended up getting sacked.
But Allegri surpassed Conte, who had never mounted a strong
challenge in Europe's premier club competition during his time
in Turin.
The 51-year-old Allegri, on the other hand, led them to the
Champions League final in 2015 and 2017, as well as four
consecutive Italian Cup wins between 2015 and 2018 and two
Italian Super Cup victories.
Perhaps the only sour note of his stint in Turin was that
they did not go beyond the quarterfinals this season after
signing Portugal superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, who has won the
competition five times, from Real Madrid.
"Maybe some people thought it could be won like a bar
tournament in the summer," he said after his side were knocked
out by Ajax.
"When I arrived a Juve, playing Malmo caused fear".
Allegri has been linked to wealthy French side Paris Saint
Germain, while Juve now have to sign a new boss.
Among the coaches named as possibilities are France coach
Didier Deschamps, who led Juve to promotion from the second tier
in 2007 after their Calciopoli match-fixing demotion, Chelsea
boss Maurizio Sarri and Simone Inzaghi, who this week led Lazio
to triumph in the Italian Cup.
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