Juventus Club Vice-President Pavel Nedved has insisted that Andrea Pirlo is and will be the Juventus coach.
Juventus has seen poor performance in Pirlo’s first season in charge with Bianconeri exiting the Uefa Champions League. Also, Juve seems to have said goodbye to the Scudetto after Benevento crashed them 1-0 at Turin.
Despite that, Nedved backs Pirlo to stay and succeed at the club. He is 100% sure that the club will keep him.
“Pirlo is and will be the Juventus coach, that’s 100 percent sure. We have begun a new project with him, knowing we would face difficulties. We wanted to do something more, but we could not manage to do so.
He insisted, “We are calm, Pirlo has everything to become a great coach.”
The club vice also talks about Maurizio Sarri and Massimiliano Allegri after being asked why he was sacked.
Sarri won the Scudetto and exited the Champions League as Pirlo but shown the door after one season.
“Sarri is a great professional and an extraordinary coach. We were on good terms, but there were not the right conditions to continue together. It was a shared decision,” Nedved said.
About Massimiliano Allegri, Nedved admits he was a success and made history.
“We spent some fantastic years with Allegri. He made history at Juventus and we naturally parted company.”
He insisted that the club has no regrets, “We have no regrets.”
Juventus are at a crossroad following the future of many stars with Cristiano Ronaldo and Paulo Dybala. Dybala has barely featured for the Old Lady and his current deal ends in the next campaign. Nedved revealed that Dybala’s future is uncertain and they will weigh a possible suitor in the summer.
“We missed Dybala. I think he hasn’t played more than 800 minutes with us this season.
“His presence would give us more options up front. He has one year left in his contract and I have nothing to add to what Paratici and Agnelli already said. Juventus will evaluate every opportunity in the market,” Nedved concluded.