Revealed: Allegri's demands to stay at Juventus

12 mag 2019

"I will stay but only with a different Juventus". The message of Massimiliano Allegri launched at the pre-match press conference before the match against Roma sounded loud and clear in Andrea Agnelli's office at Continassa, with a much-anticipated meeting expected between the two expected next week.

Agnelli would like to renew Allegri's contract, which expires in a year. The president is also willing to increase the manager's salary but is also looking around for a potential replacement because for Allegri, on the other hand, the renewal is not a priority and he is also willing to start the season with a contract in expiration.

The guarantees that Allegri asks from the management are not of personal economic nature but are linked to greater freedom in revolutionizing the team that he believes is at the end of its cycle.

According to reports, the former AC Milan manager is asking the management for freedom on the transfer market in construction of the team with the subsequent departure of certain players of the current squad.

Allegri wants two centre-backs, a restyling of the flanks, a top midfielder like Pogba and a striker like Icardi. To this must be added the farewells of certain players like Pjanic, Dybala and Cancelo in addition to the already certain departures of Caceres and Barzagli.

In short, requests that are not easy to satisfy without long-term planning, a term that an expiring contract cannot satisfy and the meeting between Allegri and Agnelli will have to clarify this.