News.Superscommesse interviewed Paolo Bargiggia, a well-known journalist and sports commentator, to comment on present and future events at Juventus, both from the point of view of negative performances and in terms of the transfer market.
Juventus were abruptly eliminated from the Champions League: who is the first to blame? Are the faults of Allegri, the club or the players more?
The faults are definitely the coach, because we are talking about a group not passed on the field. The club can have more general faults, first of all that of having made a mistake for the umpteenth time in the technical project and having chosen a coach who had not updated and had not kept up with the times. The players show for how they are trained, for the score they have to interpret and for their athletic condition: all elements that derive from the coach. Ultimately, Allegri is to blame: he cannot even appeal to absences, because Napoli, Inter or Milan have them too and yet they have a good game identity that allows them to make up for it.
Do you think it’s time to change your technical guide?
Allegri would have exonerated him after the collapse in Israel, I would not have acted like Agnelli who almost dumped the blame on the players. He did it only to not disavow his choices, because he has total responsibility. Certainly two victories in the league (against Turin and Empoli, ed) could not represent a real turnaround: in fact it was seen in Portugal, with Juve outclassed for 75 minutes and partially awakened only by young people who played in an anarchic manner.
Are the rumors about the possible return of Antonio Conte true?
As for Conte, I was the first to document the relations resumed between Conte and Agnelli dating back to months ago: several incompetents made perplexed and ironic comments on what I said. Instead, Antonio wants to return to Italy and to Juve: now it is too early to be certain, but it is certainly a path to follow.
On the transfer market, in January, what reinforcements could Juve take to get back up?
In January, Juve will not have the financial strength to carry out transactions, given the five-year negative budget and the 700 million capital increase in two years. I therefore doubt that the summer budget will be anticipated as it was done for Vlahovic last year, even if it is true that they have tried and are rehearsing for Milinkovic-Savic. It would also be inconsistent, however, because Allegri makes any player worse off …
In any case, if they can, they will try to buy a winger who can play both full-back and fifth in midfield: they had half an idea of getting Cambiaso back, but Bologna doesn’t agree.
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