Juventus-Allegri, severance pay hypothesis. And there are those who think of Antonio Conte-Corriere.it

Who knows if one plea deal leads to another: what Juve could enter into with Massimiliano Allegriconverting the rest two-year contract in a substantial good output. Roughly half the amount due. Unlikely, if not impossible, without a sign of openness on the part of the coach who, the day after the defeat against Milan, showed up at Continassa full of energy and already thinking about next season. After that, once the vintage is over on Sunday evening in Udine, a chat with the company and, above all, with John Elkann, number one of Exor, majority shareholder of the club. That that willingness to deal might require.

When there’s the slightest doubt, there’s no doubt, they said in an old thriller, and here clues that invite reflection on Allegri were scattered throughout the season: the frayed relationship with several players, a few lexical outbursts that society, and that idea of ​​football too often judged passive and submissive. Plus, against non-irresistible enemies. And then, above all, the turnover, despite the troubles of a surreal season, between injuries and penalties: 17 defeats and 54 goals conceded in 55 seasonal games.

When in doubt, as a good manager, the head of the sports area Francesco Calvo, has also planned a plan B, in case we go ahead with Allegri: who obviously cannot be the coach for the next ten years, let alone a swerve – the thought – but who could manage the team in the short term. There is also a plan B for the sporting director, if anything the agreement with Napoli complicates the timing for the arrival of Cristiano Giuntoli as the new sporting director: but, at Juve, more of a scruple than a real concern. In short, there is trust. All this, with a big target, already designed for the next championship: return to win the Scudetto. Juve scrutinize completely different profiles, by age and training: from Tudorswho would return to Turin in a hurry and that Marseille would free, a Italian, complicated thought (a lot) from the year of the contract with Commisso. Having leafed through the brochure, the club would like to avoid leaps in the dark at these pressure levels. So much so that, a manager, piqued by the idea – and remains so, at the moment – of a sensational return, that of Antonio Conte: who, for some time, while chatting with friends, seemed vague about his future.