Roberto De Zerbi is one of the managers being linked with the Juventus bench as a potential replacement for Max Allegri.
The pressure on Allegri has been mounting as his team fails to meet expectations at the Allianz Stadium in the league.
Although they still have a chance to win their domestic cup, Allegri cannot claim to have improved the team since his return to Turin.
This lack of progress could cost him his job at the end of the season, and De Zerbi is among the managers Juventus is considering as a replacement.
Currently managing Brighton in the Premier League, De Zerbi has been tipped to move to a bigger club at the end of the campaign.
According to Calciomercato, De Zerbi has a release clause that Juventus can trigger to appoint him as their manager. The report claims that De Zerbi is available to manage another team if the suitor pays Brighton €15 million.
Juve will need to raise this money to successfully lure him back to Serie A as a replacement for Max Allegri.
Juve FC Says
De Zerbi is one of the finest Italian managers around, but it makes no sense to pay off Allegri around 7m euros and then splash 15m euros on De Zerbi, who has not done well in Europe.
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I really hope Juve will get De Zerbi before Manchester United or Barcelona come and knock the door. This guy is the bright future of Juventus. With him on the bench, Juve will turn into a beautiful beast and he will also raise the value of our players.
Everything that sparks is not gold. Go watch how De Zerbi was outplayed by Roma and De Rossi. You play throught the first line off press and you are basically through the defense. He plays high risk and reward football. He is definetly inovative and a modern coach in many senses but that is not always a good thing. Maybe he can evolve his game but he seems pretty stuborn in his style of play. He have done extremely well with a shitty relegation side in the EPL. He will probabl do very well in Spain with his style of play. But for me his game is to one dimensional and lacks definse solidity. I actually think he left Italy to early as a coach as it would have been good for his game to continue develope there. I dont want him at Juve and I am not to hyped on these possessions based one dimensional high pressure coaches.
Perhaps before you downgrade De Zerbi, you should consider Brighton’s squad is hit by injuries and fatigue this season and they are def not ready to play in 3 competitions. Don’t forget Brighton’s players are mostly mediocres except Mitoma and he’s already out this season.
As I said, he have done extremely well at Brighton. I reckon him as a special coach. But he is to aggresive in the playing style for my liking. Then I wonder how his football would work out at Juve with players like Mckennie, Gatti and Weah who hardly can hit a ball.
I see your point, friend and I’m actually not interested in sparking an endless debate. I respect your view on him. But in my humble opinion, young player like McKennie, Gatti or Weah will become a better player with De Zerbi as the manager. Look at Lewis Dunk… He’s a trash in England national team (he’s outplayed by Lukaku when England met Belgium recently) but at Brighton… he’s fantastic and reliable.. thanks to De Zerbi and his “aggressive playing style”.
If he can teach Gatti and Weah how to pass a ball then he truly is a miracle worker. In all seriousnes though he have to improve his defending. You break first line off press and your through on goal. He and Italiano went to the ristorante on the day of the defence class at coverciano. Luckily De Zerbi was there for the part about scoring goals, while Italiano had his siesta and missed that class to! I suppose Motta is the best option but no guarantees with a relatively young up n coming coach. Or maybe if Macnini leaves Arabia, that could have been something. Feel he still got a Serie A job left in him. Many Juventus supporter wouldnt take him though allthoug I take him over cantenaccio Max.