Juve, Calvo towards resignation. Chiellini rises. And watch out for Conte...

Turin, 13 May 2025 – The summer revolution of the Juve, which includes changes to the management organization chart, but also, perhaps, to the technical one. Francesco Calvo travels to step down from the role of Managing Director Revenue Football Development and John Elkann he would already be aware of the decision, while on the bench side Antonio's candidacy is strengthened Tale, who seems ready to leave Naples in any case. Giorgio will assume an increasingly important role Chiellini and Cristiano's will probably be scaled down Joints.  

Calvo out, Aston Villa hypothesis. Chiellini in his place?

Decision made and already communicated. Francesco Calvo will leave the Juventus at the end of the season. Only the official announcement is missing. John Elkann is already aware of everything and a full-field revolution is expected for Juve. Calvo boasts a long history in the black and white club, in two parentheses. First arrival in 2011, then the end of the relationship in 2015 and the move to Barcelona for almost seven years, but in 2022 the then CEO Maurizio Arrive well had called him back to base. After three years, and some internal friction, the new separation. Calvo pays for the fact that Juve faced the season without sponsors, with Save the Children for charity filling the shirt, and from next season there is talk of a return of Jeep, to also give a boost to commercial revenues. Thus, for the club it will be necessary to replace the figure of Calvo and today the hypothesis of Giorgio Chiellini is gaining ground. The former captain is taking on an increasingly important role in the club and he is part of the Bianconeri's future, with ever more decision-making power. Elkann has also decided to take matters into his own hands and the future of the bench is also at stake. On one side Tudor who can reach an automatic renewal in the event of the Champions League, the hypothesis supported by Giuntoli, on the other Antonio Tale, who has been pushing for a return for some time.

Conte on the rise: he can return

In short, no one at Continassa wants to repeat this season. Out of all the trophies too soon, the Juve found itself having to fight for the first four places, which not only means participation in the Champions League but also 60-70 million euros in revenue in the next budget. Small consolation, from a sporting point of view, because the motto is always 'winning is not important, but the only thing that matters'. Therefore, Elkann wants to return to lifting trophies and is personally aiming for a revolution after having replenished the coffers with continuous capital increases. This year too he had to pay around 15 million euros to stem the change of coach, which has dredged up other resources. The idea is clear to return to winning: Antonio Tale. The Napoli coach is the specialist in these situations. He brings back to success those who have fallen from grace. He did it at Juve many years ago, but in general he has also done it at Chelsea, Inter and Napoli, who with two days to go are first. Tale he knows how to bring the club that chooses him back to the top and for some time now he has had a return to the black and white team in his head, especially after the January transfer market in Naples, with Fourth out and Okafar in. 'I understand that certain things can't be done in Naples', the cryptic phrase that the Salento coach launched a few weeks ago and that seems like a prelude to a way out. Behind them is Juve, to reconnect the thread that was broken many years ago. At the time, the Bianconeri were coming from two seventh places, today they are a little better, but the collective imagination sees a club struggling to get into the fight for trophies after a decade of unchallenged domination. The situation is quite similar and Conte, in Elkann's mind, is the right man. Investments are obviously needed, both on his salary and on the market, but the path has been traced and it is only a matter of making it concrete. The last word, in this sense, will be Elkann's.

I dream of Osimhen, but Napoli…

Another summer of tension is therefore expected on the Turin-Naples axis. After Joints, torn after the Scudetto, Juve risks tearing it up too Tale and the third insult could also be Victor osimhen. There is a clause of 75 million euros on the Nigerian valid only for abroad, while in Italy De Laurentiis can make whatever amount he wants. Contacts with Giuntoli are underway, they obviously know each other from their time in Naples, but the Napoli patron is ready to hold firm, even more so if Conte were to leave the blue to dress in black and white. The bar could be set around 100 million euros, a lot, a lot for the black and white budget. Certainly, if Napoli were to find itself in a short space of time against the Giuntoli-Conte-Osimhen trio, who have made the history of the Neapolitans, De Laurentiis could produce the usual fiery summer, with a vitriolic statement. But it is still premature to think about it. On the one hand, Napoli must defend a one-point advantage over Inter and on the other, Juve, winning against Udinese and Venezia, would be certain of returning to the Champions League. Then, off to the market, off to the revolutions, without forgetting the Club World Cup that will give Juve another 50 million in useful revenue to invest in the market. A budget, moreover, perhaps also swelled by the sale of Dusan Vlahovic, now close to the expiration of his contract. The feeling, therefore, is that from next year everyone will have to deal with Juve again. Or at least this is John Elkann's intention... Read also - Atalanta beats Roma and is mathematically in the Champions League