Juve, Giuntoli is officially the new sporting director: “We have to work harder than the others”

TURIN. Five-year contract and full powers to relaunch Juventus on the pitch and in the transfer market. Cristiano Giuntoli is the new black and white sporting director: all that was missing was the official announcement to kick off the new era and this arrived today, after the former diesse of tricolor Napoli had already taken possession of Continassa in recent days . “My sensations were incredible and almost indescribable – Giuntoli commented in the interview with the official Juventus channel – because for a child like me, who left Prato by bus, it took 8 hours by bus to come and see Juventus , is a reason for great satisfaction, truly an incredible emotion”. Giuntoli’s Juventus heart is thanks to his father Tiziano, to whom the new Juventus manager dedicates a special memory. “He was a great fan and he instilled in me Juventus since I was a child – he says -: on the one hand I thank him for this, but there is always that pinch of melancholy that I will always carry with me”.

Giuntoli was appointed “Football Director” until the end of the 2027/28 season, reporting to the managing director Maurizio Scanavino. Giovanni Manna, promoted by the first team in recent weeks, will instead be Giuntoli’s right arm with Tognozzi in charge of Juventus scouting and Claudio Chiellini in charge of the Under 23 team. , who now assumes the role of “Managing Director Revenue & Football Development”. Federico Cherubini, on the other hand, became head of the sports area staff. The two executives will always report to Scanavino. “We must all be able to put aside the“ I ”and reason with the“ we ”- he explained to the club’s TV channel-: I would love to put many heads together, with one heart. Juventus is fascinating and ambitious: we have to work harder than the others, then if we work better than the others, time will tell, but certainly… a great worker.”

True Tuscan, fifty-one years old, Cristiano Giuntoli was a Serie C player and looks back on a career as sports director that starts with Spezia, with whom he wins a promotion to Serie B and continues with Carpi, with whom he achieves four promotions in five seasons. He arrives in 2015 at Naples with which he wins the 2022/2023 championship. Now Giuntoli is the new Juventus director, who welcomes him like this: “Eclectic, innovative and competent. These are just some of the adjectives to describe the profile of Cristiano Giuntoli, fresh Juventus sporting director. Accustomed to working behind the scenes, the new Juventus manager has been able to establish himself over the years thanks to precise market choices, acting successfully even out of the ordinary. Now a new chapter in Cristiano Giuntoli’s story is opening, with the hope that it will be a long and special page in black and white. Good luck!”.