Mancini-Juve, what we know about the latest lead for the Bianconeri bench

Turin, March 13, 2025 – At home Juventus we are starting to look decisively to the future, starting from the coaching position, a role that may no longer be covered by Thiago Motta. The premature elimination of the black and whites from the Champions League by the hand of PSV Eindhoven, the one from Coppa Italia against theEmpoli and the resounding poker collected in the championship with theAtalanta (the Bianconeri had not lost 4-0 at home since 1967), have in fact caused discontent to explode among the fans, who are starting to distance themselves more and more from mister Thiago Motta.

The location of the Brazilian technician, who at the beginning of the season had presented himself to the Continassa bringing with him as a dowry the extraordinary season with Bologna, led to the historic qualification in the Champions League, seems in fact not so solid anymore. After a more than promising start to the year, in fact, things seem to have precipitated, because the proposed game is not convincing the fans and the results are not going hand in hand - as underlined - with the choices of the Italian-Brazilian. It is difficult to think, from what the history of the black and white club tells us, even of a dismissal during the season even in the event of a new misstep in the challenge against Florence, just as it is equally unlikely that Motta, despite a contract until 2027 signed in the summer, could be confirmed even if he were to win a place in Champions League, an objective now considered a priority by the club. In the meantime, however, the list of possible successors to the Italian-Brazilian is growing ever longer, to which the former Italian national coach has reportedly been added Roberto Mancini. Mancini, who ended his tenure as coach of the national team earlySaudi Arabia, according to some sources, would be a welcome figure to Cristiano Giuntoli and to the Juventus management and there have already been initial contacts with the entourage of the coach from Jesi to set up a possible negotiation. It is difficult, however, to say whether this path will really take shape or will remain a simple suggestion. In the background, in the list of possible candidates for the Juventus bench, the candidacies of Tale, Gasperini e Pioli, while De Zerbi does not seem to be a hot name. Bringing Conte back to Juventus seems like a rather complicated suggestion, because the Salento coach is doing very well at Napoli, with whom he has a contract until June 30, 2027. The Gasperini option is more viable, as he has already made it clear that he has no intention of renewing his contract with Atalanta, which expires in June 2026, although it could end a season early. Gasperini has a past as a player for the Bianconeri and could want to get back into the game on a big team after a glittering decade at Atalanta. Stefano Pioli, the current coach of Al Nassr in Cristiano Ronaldo, who at the end of the season could think about returning to Italy to get back into the game after the end of the relationship with the Milan and the Arab parenthesis. The one related to the future of the Juventus-related bench remains a rather intricate skein, to which the thread that leads to Roberto Mancini has been added. The next few months will issue the definitive verdicts, even if - although, as mentioned, unlikely - the possibility of a change on the fly with the arrival of a ferryman until the end of the season cannot be ruled out.