Coach Allegri makes U-turn, leaves Juventus

After five years in charge, Coach Massimiliano Allegri will leave
Serie A champions Juventus at the end of this season, the club said on
Friday.

Coach Massimiliano Allegri

“Massimiliano Allegri will not be on the Juventus bench for the
2019/2020 season,” the club announced in a surprise development, weeks
after the coach had expressed readiness to stay.

“The coach and the President, Andrea Agnelli, will meet the media
together at today’s press conference – Saturday 18 May, at 2pm in the
press conference hall of Allianz Stadium”.

Allegri held meetings with the club’s hierarchy earlier in the week
during which a clear disagreement between the two parties emerged.

Juventus have already wrapped up their eighth consecutive title, and
Allegri’s fifth in as many years since replacing Antonio Conte in 2014.

Despite signing Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid last summer the
Bianconeri failed to make it past the quarter-finals of the Champions
League for the second successive season.

They were humiliated by modest-spending Ajax in the last eight of the
competition in April despite a star-studded side including Ronaldo,
Argentina’s Paulo Dybala and France World Cup winner Blaise Matuidi.

Allegri guided Juve to two European finals losing to Barcelona in 2015 before being hammered by Real Madrid two years later.

Wales midfielder Aaron Ramsey has already signed for the Italian club on a free transfer from Arsenal for next season.