Juventus coach Max Allegri spoke about the Bianconeri’s chances in the Champions League and the welcome he received when joining the Bianconeri.
Allegri spoke to La Stampa today and echoed Andrea Agnelli’s sentiments about Italian clubs not being able to compete with foreign leagues for resources while urging a realistic approach to the mercato.
“I’d like to have a €15m villa, but if I can’t afford it I have to look for an apartment that I like,” said Allegri to La Stampa.
“Though in reality we’re dealing with a villa, it just has a particular situation behind it. The club’s objective is to raise the technical level of Juventus.”
The tactician also turned his attention to Juve’s upcoming Champions League matches.
“I don’t know how it’s going to end against Borussia Dortmund, who are a great team. But we’ll certainly play two great matches.
“I feel a juventino since I set foot here. Here you have 12 million supporters, everyone else has their team and then roots against us.
“I’m an evolutionist. I found a team that worked in a certain way, winning three Scudetti and two Supercups, and that needed to undergo an important passage. Saying that everything’s going smoothly would be presumptuous, but we’re on the right path.
“The Supercup [lost to Napoli] does not spoil five months of work, though I’m regretful about the way it went, as we had three decisive opportunities.
“But our targets were the League, where we are leading, and qualifying for the next stage of the Champions League. The Supercup came later.”
“I said this a thousand times, the assistant director of a business is the person who does that kind of thing, because he must bring in resources. As a Coach, I must bring in results.
“In football, people think that others prepare the formation for you or that you accept everything the club says. It doesn’t work that way.
“Aside from the Premier League, being a Coach-cum-manager doesn’t mean buying 15 different players, but being aware of marketing and finance issues.
“There are Coaches that are well educated and those who base themselves on intuition, but that doesn’t mean renouncing to using reason.
“It’s just that instinct is the solution in the fleeting moment, so it becomes essential. This is a group that has considerable technical, physical and tactical means, but it needs confidence.
“There is a subtle line between confidence and conceit. But confidence does lead you to achieving results beyond all expectations. And that’s what we need in the Champions League.”
In other news, i hope it gets seen by people in this storm of threads, Allegri seems to really want to get Sneijder in january/summer. The only thing that might stop him is Sneijder’s paycheck. He compared Sneijder to a huge mansion, while he only really wants to pay the price for a simple appartment.
I’m not opposed to this move, if Juve can find a way to work around Sneijder’s money obsession. There should be a way? The guy earned too much money already. Sneijder has been one of the few lights at the Dutch national team lately. He got us through difficult times during the world cup and is one of the reasons we reached the semis. He also got Galatasaray through some tough matches, including the one against us last CL. Despite the terrible field, he was the one who scored a late winner. So even though he’s past his 30s already, i think it would be a good move, especially considering Pirlo doesn’t have long anymore. Not like if we don’t get Sneijder, Pirlo will get his old form back and it won’t keep Allegri from pushing him out (again) either.
In what part of our midfield do you see him play? I don’t really follow your national team (apart from that one day we won’t speak of), or himself. Behind the strikers or could he replace Pirlo from time to time? He has the skills to do that IMO.
His payment is really the only thing I have against him.
Nah I’m not interested in Sneijder at all, he’s old, slow and not capable of replacing anyone in the starting line-up at Juve. Plus he has huge wages, this is another veteran who will cost much and offer far less. Thanks but no thanks, I prefer a young and unproven talent over this guy, never mind how good he once was.
Plus he’s a merdista, makes it even worse