Third Juventus manager for Lloyd Kelly only 23 Serie A matches in – Official announcement | OneFootball

Lloyd Kelly is having an interesting time at Juventus.

The former Newcastle United moving to Turin on 3 February 2025, in a deal that would eventually net NUFC close to £20m.

Not bad business, considering Eddie Howe had signed his former Bournemouth player as a free agent only seven months earlier.

Lloyd Kelly is now moving onto his third Juventus manager, despite having only been at the club for eight months and Juve only having 23 Serie A matches during his time at the club. Lloyd Kelly having started 19 of those 23 Serie A games, including all eight this season.

After Thiago Motta signed Lloyd Kelly in February 2025, only six Serie A matches later he was sacked.

Igor Tudor replaced him and guided Juventus into a Champions League qualifying place.

However, after only 17 Serie A games in charge, Juventus have now revealed (see below) that Tudor has been sacked today (27 October 2025).

Juventus are eighth in Serie A and only three points off fourth, but with five draws and three defeats in their last eight games in all competitions, Juventus have given him the boot.

Lloyd Kelly will now experience Massimo Brambilla in charge of team affairs until a permanent Juventus manager is appointed. How long he will last is an unknown but if the new man makes it to the end of this season he will be doing well.

‘Juventus FC announces that it has today relieved Igor Tudor of his duties as head coach of the Men’s First Team, along with his staff consisting of Ivan Javorcic, Tomislav Rogic and Riccardo Ragnacci.

The Club also announces that it has temporarily entrusted the Men’s First Team to Massimo Brambilla, who will be on the bench for the Juventus-Udinese match on Wednesday evening.

The Club thanks Igor Tudor and his entire staff for their professionalism and dedication over the past few months and wishes them all the best for their future careers.’

Juventus official confirmation of details on the Lloyd Kelly deal – 3 February 2025:

‘Agreement with Newcastle for the acquisition of the player Kelly

Turin, 3 February 2025

Juventus Football Club S. p. A. announces that an agreement with Newcastle United Football Club for the temporary acquisition, until 30 June 2025, of the registration rights of the player Kelly Lloyd Casius has been reached for a consideration of €3 million (approx £2.5m) for sporting season 2024/2025, with additional costs of up to €0.8 million (approx £0.66m).

The agreement further entails the obligation for Juventus to definitely acquire the player’s registration rights, subject to the achievement of certain sporting objective during the season 2024/2025. The agreed consideration for the definitive acquisition is €14.5 million (approx £12.0m), payable in three financial years, with additional costs of up to €2.7 million (approx £2.24m). This consideration may be increased up to a consideration of €6.5 million (approx £5.4m) over the duration of the player’s contract, upon the achievement of further performance objectives.

Given the high probability of the conditions for the player’s acquisition being achieved, this transaction for accounting purposes, qualifies as a definitive effective acquisition from today for a total amount of €17.5 million (approx £14.5m), plus additional costs. It should be noted that the final evaluations about the accounting recognition of the transaction will be performed for the preparation of the Annual Financial Report as of 25 June 2025.’