New Juventus head Damien Comolli confirmed Igor Tudor for 2025/2026 a couple of days ago, and the parties quickly struck an agreement to prolong the boss’ contract. It would have run out at the end of next season otherwise.
According to Romeo Agresti, the new deal will last until 2027 and eliminate the clause that would have allowed the team to terminate it by the end of July. The previous Bianconeri brass wanted to have the liberty to change the coach after the Club World Cup.
Tudor will earn €2.5M annually and should formalize things with Juventus before the departure for the United States to take part in the new competition. The Old Lady thought they would hire Antonio Conte in the final months of the campaign, but Napoli convinced him to stay. Instead, their attempt for Gian Piero Gasperini was tardy, as Roma had been after him for months.
The officials briefly examined other gaffers, for instance Fulham’s Marco Silva, but their present and future one held onto the job.
It’s standard operating procedure in any big team not to have a lame-duck coach, meaning in the final year of his contract. His salary is relatively low, so it’s not exactly a massive commitment. Thiago Motta was earning double as much, and he was still sacked when it became apparent he wasn’t the one.
The manager has shown enough to stay and has dodged a lot of bullets. The hierarchy was surely overconfident about Conte and didn’t have a real plan B. Still, the buzz about Luciano Spalletti and Roberto Mancini will quickly circulate again if the results aren’t convincing.
