Massimiliano Allegri and director Federico Cherubini offered to resign after Andrea Agnelli and the entire Juventus board stepped down, but the former president stated that it wouldn’t be necessary. On the contrary, the duo will lead the sporting area while the club navigates through adversities.
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, the role of the gaffer will expand. The new heads, Gianluca Ferrero and Maurizio Scanavino, are seasoned executives but have no football experience. They will primarily focus on mending the team’s finances and tackling the upcoming legal battles.
Therefore, it will be up to Cherubini and Allegri to steer Juventus on the pitch and the transfer market. The two spent the last couple of days on the phone with the players that were disoriented by what happened. They reassured them that nothing would change for them.
The boss will now begin handling relations with other teams, the various bodies, and referees. It’s something unprecedented for the Bianconeri, which generally compartmentalize the different positions.
Our Take on Juventus, Allegri, and Cherubini
It’s quite the turnaround from the tactician, who goes from the hot seat to a pivotal role in the span of a couple of months. But he partly already had it, as they don’t have a top-level executive, hence the hesitation by the club in firing him during the skid. The Old Lady is lucky things improved on the pitch. He’s arguably better at stuff that isn’t Xs and Os. He actually wouldn’t be a bad choice for an official managerial position. At some point, they will have to hire a real chief of football à la Giuseppe Marotta to prevent a director from running rampant as Fabio Paratici did while flying solo.
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