The record champion is only fifth in series A. The Croatian successor is said to secure the Champions League participation.
Italy’s football record champion Juventus Turin has separated from coach Thiago Motta as expected. The successor becomes the Croatian Igor Tudor. This was announced on Sunday, the club, which in Serie A as a fifth in the table for participation in the Champions League.
Motta had only taken over the job with the old lady at the beginning of the season. The native of Brazilian became doom the 0: 4 home defeat against Atalanta Bergamo and the 0: 3 at AC Florence in the past two games.
As the successor, Juve presented Tudor a little surprisingly. The Croatian recently trained Lazio Rome. In Turin, the former defender played 174 games between 1998 and 2007 with a short break, and he also worked as an assistant coach at Juve in the 2020/21 season. The 46-year-old will lead the training for the first time on Monday.
Roberto Mancini was actually traded in the media as a favorite. The 60-year-old led Italy to the European Championship title in England in 2021. In August 2023 he took over the national team of Saudi Arabia, but he received plenty of criticism. Since the premature dissolution of his contract after almost a year in the kingdom, Mancini has been without a job.