Juve-Xavi, l'Equipe reveals: "First contacts". But Thiago Motta is not at risk

Turin, 27 January 2025 – La Juventus is not having its best season, with only 37 points won in 22 league games and a series of results that are not entirely satisfactory. The Bianconeri are struggling to close out matches, and are often caught up by their opponents: counting all competitions, in 2025 they have only won one game, in the league against Milan, while there were three draws and two defeats. The last defeat, suffered at the Maradona against Napoli after the initial advantage signed kolo muani, broke the unbeaten streak in Serie A of the Bianconeri, who will no longer see the 0 next to the defeat data as far as the top Italian league is concerned. Juventus must react immediately to avoid being sucked into the vortex of negative emotions, and Thiago Motta He must be good at dragging his team out of bad times.

In the last few hours, however, suspicious conversations have been reported between the Juventus management and Xavi, former coach of Barcelona left without a team after the end of last season. The Spanish coach, who led the Blaugrana from 2021 to 2024, winning a Spanish Super Cup and a Spanish Championship, was left without a job following the signing of flick, therefore he is in all respects an attractive profile for several teams, including Juventus. The newspaper “L'Equipe” reported the contacts between the Spanish coach and the black and white club, which then raised doubts regarding an early farewell for Thiago Motta. In response to this, some Italian sources explained how the black and whites' discussions with Xavi were only informal, unrelated to the immediate future of Thiago Motta and simply related to the normal activity of a team to stay up to date on the market of coaches, as well as on that of players. The plans of the black and white club, therefore, do not change: they will continue with Thiago Motta, who has the full confidence of the management. The former Bologna coach signed a three-year contract with Juventus in the summer, expiring in June 2027, and there is no chance that the Italian-Brazilian will leave Turin before the date just mentioned. In the meantime, the black and whites are preparing for the match Champions on Wednesday against Benfica, the last of the championship phase, and in the meantime they say goodbye Renato Veiga, defender born in 2003 who arrived on loan from Chelsea.