Spalletti All Set to Become the Next Juventus Manager | OneFootball

Luciano Spalletti will be the new Juventus coach and is poised to sign a season-long contract with an automatic option. The former Italy coach maintained his pole position throughout the process, edging out Raffaele Palladino, La Repubblica informs.

The new gaffer will earn €3M net till the end of the campaign. The parties met on Tuesday. The negotiation was helped by the manager’s eagerness to end his hiatus. He was fired by the Italian Federation following the loss to Norway last June, which will most likely cost the Azzurri direct qualification to the 2026 World Cup.

Juventus reached out to Palladino, too, who worked with their exec François Modesto at Monza, but Spalletti was the top choice all along. The agreement on the structure of his deal and his wages wasn’t hard to find.

The Bianconeri will be the fourth high-profile Serie A team helmed by the Tuscan tactician after Roma, with which he had two stints, Inter, and Napoli. He won his long-sought-after first Scudetto with the Partenopei in 2022/2023 and then decided to step down. He was appointed by Italy a few months later. They made it only to the Round of 16 in the 2024 Euro. The veteran lifted two Russian titles with Zenit and two Coppa Italia with Roma.

Our Take on Juventus and Spalletti

It’s a nice bounce-back move by their management after the questionable decision to keep Igor Tudor, who had done enough to keep the job, but the relationship seemed strained and the support minimal from the get-go, and a suspect summer window. His track record is unimpeachable club-wise. However, he has a peculiar character and style. They have to hope he hits it off with the squad and manages to convey his ideas quickly.