Why Juventus will keep Thiago Motta as coach for the game against Genoa after the international break, even though the club has already decided to part ways.
The 2024-25 season will not be a smooth one for Juventus.
Although they remained unbeaten until the start of 2025, Juve ended the calendar year with the second-worst points total in Serie A history, then crashed out of both the Champions League and the Coppa Italia to underdogs, and more recently suffered embarrassing 0-4 and 0-3 defeats to Atalanta and Fiorentina.
This has put Motta’s position at serious หากคุณสนใจเล่นพนันออนไลน์ที่ดีที่สุด สามารถสมัครสมาชิก UFABET ได้ที่นี่ พร้อมรับโปรโมชั่นพิเศษสำหรับสมาชิกใหม่ risk and former Italy boss Roberto Mancini is now reportedly ready to replace him on a short-term deal with the option to extend it if Juventus secure Champions League football.
The report claims that Juve decided to keep Motta until the end of the game against Genoa rather than sack him outright was due to purely financial reasons. The main reason is that the club’s quarterly accounts are settle at the end of the month.
The sacking of Motta and his coaching staff is expect to cost the club more than €15m, not including potential fees for hiring his successor.
By keeping Motta on until after the Genoa game on March 29 and potentially waiting until Monday (April 1) to sack him, Juve will be able to factor his departure into the next quarterly budget rather than the current one.