Juventus have reportedly decided to part ways with the club’s Football Director Cristiano Giuntoli just two years following his arrival.
The 53-year-old was the architect behind Carpi’s rise from the lower divisions to Serie A. He then took over Napoli in 2015 and built a formidable squad that brought silverware to the Southern club, famously bringing the Scudetto title back to the Stadio Maradona after a 33-year drought.
Therefore, Juventus identified him as the ideal profile to lead the club’s new project, so they were keen to secure his services in the summer of 2023.
The Bianconeri eventually succeeded in their mission, but the delay meant that Giuntoli spent the first season in Turin as a mere observer, before effectively taking over last summer.
Cristiano Giuntoli pays the price for disappointing campaign
His first summer transfer campaign was certainly spectacular, with nine new first-team arrivals and an exodus of club stalwarts.
However, his most expensive signings, namely Teun Koopmeiners and Douglas Luiz, failed to inspire, while the appointment of Thiago Motta may have been his undoing.
So according to Sky Sport Italia journalist Gianluca Di Marzio, Juventus majority owner John Elkann has decided that Giuntoli has no place in the new hierarchy.
A new management is taking shape at Juventus
The Bianconeri are preparing to welcome in former Spurs and Liverpool sporting director Damien Comolli who will reportedly assume the role of general director. The Frenchman has resigned from his post as Toulouse president, and his arrival in Turin is expected to ensue in the coming hours.
Moreover, Juventus will bring back their former Chief Scout Matteo Tognozzi who left in 2023 to become Granada’s sporting director. The source adds that Giorgio Chiellini will be entrusted with a more prominent role.
Hence, Giuntoli’s services are no longer needed, and Di Marzio reveals that the decision to oust him has already been made, with the club ironing out the final details before communicating the decision.
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Add a CommentGood. He never seemed to be the right choice from the start. Another poor desperate hire from upper management. Let’s see if make a better choice this time.
A bit sad for him as he is a lifelong Juve supporter and really wanted to join the club. A gread mercato manager – no doubt, but pherhaps he underestimated how quickly Juventus demands results. Regardless, he got way to many decisions wrong, and had it been up to him Juve would have stayed with Motta and who knows where we would have finished in the league this season. You simply cannot make this many mistakes in one season and thus his Juve future seems sealed.
this should have been done weeks ago, doing it when a new manager is needed and people just see chaos from the outside is comedy gold. Conte was probably always leverage for a better deal rom napoli, but even then we missed out on him and probably Gaspa and even Italiano. Only a name as big as Klopp could have an impact right now, but the money men will stick with paint dry tudor. Unless we break free, the cycle of mediocrity continues.
I always found him overrated and full of himself. I’m glad to see him go and hope he doesn’t come back.
I’m sad that he’s being fired because he’s a real Juventus fan who really wanted to work in Turin for Juventus’ success.
It’s not easy to build a Serie A champion team in one year, and other directors have made bad decisions too. The bigger problem that could lead the management to fire him is that Giuntoli made a very bad decision when choosing a coach.