Former Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri was reportedly emotionally overwhelmed after reading his players’ heartwarming messages.
The 56-year-old stole the headlines in the Coppa Italia final against Atalanta but for the wrong reasons.
Although his team lifted the cup, this achievement was largely overshadowed by his antics during and after the match. This includes dismissal for dissent, insulting and threatening a journalist and snubbing the club’s Football Director Cristiano Giuntoli.
This gave the management the perfect alibi to sack him on Friday.
Il Corriere dello Sport reveals how the coach’s second spell in Turin ended in a 10-minute meeting with Juventus CEO Maurizio Scanavino.
The Roman newspaper describes this brief summit as a cold affair with the two men having little to say to one another.
Scanavino handed Allegri a note that included five legal reasons for the dismissal, mainly related to his actions on Wednesday.
But following his departure, words of gratitude and appreciation rained on the Livorno native both from his players and a section of the Juventus fanbase.
As the source tells it, Allegri had the opportunity to read all the farewell notes that his players posted on social media while spending the day in Milano with a few Livornese friends. This included letters from the likes of Adrien Rabiot, Dusan Vlahovic and Manuel Locatelli.
The report claims the former Cagliari and Milan manager was, for once, overwhelmed by emotion.
Allegri’s first stint at Juventus lasted for five years, while his second tenure ended in just under three years.
I dont like reading about Juventus anymore 🙁
Allegri was sacked for “not being aligned with the club’s values” and yet signing a reject from Arsenal, paying him €400k per week who is hopeless and was forever injured aligns with the club values. All because of the financial situation we found ourselves in after spending €100m on an aging player who did more harm than good – yet all this aligns with the club values. We had to settle for the free market. Yet we were so good before that, competed in 2 champions league finals. Dybala was amazing! Our money was needed elsewhere in the team, not up front. Allegri took us to the next level from Conte and then got sacked. Only to be brought back to clean up the mess created by management. Juventus does not deserve you Mr Allegri.
Our beloved Juventus is just ruined. 🙁
Juventus is ruined because of Allegri. Three wasted years of rubbish football and no ambition by this man. All he cares about is money and hopefully he won’t get the last year of his outrageous contract.
All the best to Mr Allegri in his next phase of his managerial career. His return to Juventus was one that came with rather unrealistic expectations from both the management and us fans. Because despite his vast experience, coach Allegri worked under different conditions and players, to which both parties didn’t quite adapt nor blend perfectly as it was back during his first tenure. Juventus’s current relative poor form has to be analyzed from management down to the performance of the team on the pitch across all competitions. Juventus is still in rebuilding mode in the last 3 seasons after failure to retain the scuedetto and all the off field legal issues. Let’s give credit where it’s due.
His return to Turin should have been avoided.
3 years of hopeless and terrible football…