Defenders of Max Allegri amid Juventus’ poor season often point to the argument that he is working with a squad lacking quality players. Allegri, who won five consecutive league titles in his first spell as Juve’s manager and reached the Champions League final twice, was brought back to Turin after being on the verge of becoming the next manager of Real Madrid.
However, since his return, Juventus has not won any new trophies, and their only potential silverware this season is the Italian Cup. Despite having some of the finest players in the league, Allegri’s supporters argue that the team lacks the necessary quality and that these players, in their view, are unable to secure titles for him. The debate revolves around whether the squad is genuinely subpar or if Allegri’s management has played a role in their underwhelming performance.
Pundit Daniele Adani has looked into the story and argues, as quoted by Tuttomercatoweb:
“He leads us to say that he has a mediocre squad but I ask you: on paper who has a superior squad to that of Juventus, excluding Inter? Napoli played with Rrahmani, Mario Rui, Olivera , Kvaratskhelia… Did you know them? When they arrived, they were much inferior players to the ones who left.”
Adding later on: “I want to know if Juve would have taken Rrahmani, Juan Jesus, Kalulu, Kjaer… They didn’t take them, they spent 50 million on Bremer! Juve has the players to win.”
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It is really hard to defend Allegri, and Adani has brought out important points that show we should be getting more from the team.
If Allegri feels the team is not good enough to win, then he has to walk away.
What the heck happened to in Allegri we trust? Now you are on the he’s got to go train?
Welcome to common sense, and what a ton of people have been saying all year!
Adani is a clown. Napoli is not even in the CL zone, so comparing the two teams is ridiculous, even if Juve lost to Napoli recently. Why doesn’t he compare Juve to shInter? Shinter took the players Juve was aiming at – Thuram, Augusto, Calhanoglu. Not to mention Marotta and Conte. Just the fact that Juve was prevented from playing in the CL is a huge psychological impact on the players, and still there was a time when Juve was first in the league. Juve has a new general director, got rid of the players like Zakaria. The damage was already there after Paratici left (don’t tell me signing Kean for a total of 35M is a great deal). So it was obvious, that from the start Juve would fight for the CL spot. I think Allegri wasn’t perfect, but it’s better than sticking to Sarri or Pirlo (with all do respect to Andrea). If you want Guardiola or Klopp, you’ll have to ask them first if they’d switch from moneypouring EPL to Serie A. Let’s look back to the preseason and ask ourselves if you expected Juve to be above Napoli and, till recent, above Milan? So there is positive in this story. And as to Adani…. he always hated Juve. He’s from Florence. We should stop referring to his interviews, as he is biased
Allegri is not enough to win, because he can’t build a winning team.