Allegri deserved the sack after this season, but the way it all ended makes by blood boil.
Juventus fired him for “just cause”, which if held in court will allow Juve to not pay his final year of salary. Juve may also ask for image damages. Allegri already said he’ll legally battle the decision, and may also ask for image damages.
Regardless of whether you liked Allegri or not as a manager, he does not deserve this treatment by Juventus. He is and will always be a legend of the club, his long list of trophies speak for him. The facts speak for him. The red card against Lazio is such a minor stain on his very long and honorable career. Juve using it as an excuse to avoid paying him another year of salary is just embarrassing. Save me all the legal BS about his unhinged behavior.
Allegri deserved a proper farewell – like the ones we gave to Dybala, Chiellini and Sandro – just to name a few. Even Bonucci was given an official farewell message by Juve on his retirement. Allegri wasn’t even given a thank you tweet, not even a nod at the Stadium, nothing. Actually he got less than nothing, in fact he got fired unceremonously and treated like a dangerous madman since then.
Allegri rejected the Real Madrid job to come back to Juve. He rejected a Saudi golden salary. He was always a highly-respected professional who continuously demonstrated with the facts to have Juve in his heart. Especially last year, he defended Juve better than management and shareholders, he held the fort and carried on fino alla fine. And this year he ultimately delivered what the Club expected (a trophy, plus CL placement). And he was given big words of appreciation by management until the very end. This sudden volte-face is revolting.
Juventus should know better than treat his best employees like this. I am disappointed about this messy divorce. It’s now the third high-profile person to have a legal battle with Juventus in 3 years (after Ronaldo and Bonucci). I start to see a pattern here, and it’s not something to be proud of.
Shame on Juve’s management for not handling this divorce better. Shame on Giuntoli for seeking revenge like this. Juve is not just a company, it’s also a football club. A respectable football club doesn’t treat one of his most winning manager like this.
by EitherPhase5676
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Look with the Ronaldo situation I have to disagree with Juve but with the Allegri situation it’s different as he wasn’t just raging but was insulting people/staff at the club, also directing his anger at the referees & journalist would come back to bite the club later which doesn’t really help his case here.
He deserved a better send off but you can’t just ignore what he did on his last match for the sake of respect.
And shame on Allegri for threatening a journalist on the night of a cup win. I wanted him to finish the season as much as anyone else, but threats should cost anyone their job, even ignoring his attacking club staff too.
The only pattern I see between Ronaldo and Bonucci are that they’re egotistical pricks that screwed the club over before they even left Juventus permanently. Good riddance.
Yeah I suspect this will all end in embarrassment. For example, we didn’t fire Chiellini when he looked like he was going to punch a referee (in 08-09, he was held back be a team mate). In fact, in football, I can’t think of a single example where an outburst is considered “just cause” – which would suggest it isn’t. Conte was suspended for the betting scandal – so even a serious breach of the rules was not deemed just cause to fire a coach.
On top of that there’s tonnes of articles saying the club planned to sack Allegri, so it looks like opportunism rather than just cause.
I don’t believe the cut him “just cause” he acted extremely unprofessional and threatened a journalist infront of a stadium full of people. People see what happens on the field and everyone seems to be on the same team but what happens behind closed doors is a different story and none of us know that. There has been many articles published about how he hasn’t been getting along with certain players. There has clearly been tension building and for him to blow up on a side line like that shouldn’t happen. Especially not for the world to see.
I agree he is a club legend but his time has past and his tactics are clearly way less affective then they used to be, all this added with the pressure on his shoulders to preform has gotten to him and he made the choice to have a public outburst and now has to deal with the repercussions.
Besides being a shit manager for 3 years, he totally lost the plot towards the end. The was fighting and threating everyone staff, referees, journalists.
If I was Juve I would try for a settlement
Max lost his shit, probably breached several rules that would allow to sack him. Casual HR stuff if you ask me.
Bro try insulting the director in your work place and see what happens…
A football team is a business just like any other
Yes, Al-legri deserve respect
Allegri was vocal about his employers so got the boot. In any private sector where you criticize your bosses, you gonna get the boot.
Also, he was losing his mind, being overall unprofessional. So firing makes sense .
Also there is a threat to a journalist. I say good riddance.
Such is life . Too bad it ended that way but some divorces are ugly.
Omg who gives a shit anymore. He fucked up. Im over talking about Max in any capacity.
What the hell? Juve is in the right here. Juve had every right to fire him and they had just cause. He was verbally abusive to that journalist and threatened him. We can’t have people representing our club acting like this, it makes our club look bad. Allegri is fully responsible for damaging his own image with the way he behaved at the end of the Coppa Italia final and how he managed our squad for the last 3 years. And I really don’t care if he doesn’t get paid for this last season as a result. With how poorly the team played this year I don’t think he deserved a paycheck. Also I refuse to feel sorry for a rich person not getting paid.
Can we stop with the “Allegri came back because he loved Juve” already? Allegri came back because he signed a very lucrative contract, which he will claim until the last euro (rightfully – but not out of his love), and decided to stay at his “comfort zone” because obviously he would get destroyed at Madrid or anywhere else at that level. At Juve he was given a plan, to get us back to being competitive, which he failed dreadfully. He could easily get fired at the second season if he wasn’t named Allegri or he hadn’t had such a contract based on his results and quality of football. And a personal opinion about his future: he won’t find a contract with a top team again, like Mourinho (heading to Fenerbahce).
Agree he deserved a proper send off. I can understand not paying him the last year but don’t think the images and legal court are necessary. He’s a legend and should be treated as such. Just pay him off, wondering if we paid Sarri or Pirlo long term either?
He lacked respect not during the match, adrenalina can explains it, but after. When was unaccetable is behavier against his superior and the managers of the company that are there because of the property decision. Moreover he destroyed equipment, and attacked a journalist (i.e. Vaciago) even threatening him physically and telling him that he would visit him at home… for me this is a mafia attitude and does not deserve any respect.
Tbh I don’t care. In the end it’s good for the club because they don’t need to pay him anymore.
Like other comment said go to your job and insult your manager and see what happens
His dismissal was not pretty at all but it was necessary and if club thinks that they do not have to pay him put full amount it’s their right.
Also there is nothing embarrassing about club trying to save €20 MILLION lol, it’s not like we are talking about €3-4mil
I feel like this particularly is Guintoli’s doing. He is making sure the club fights for the disrespect and confusing behaviour that Allegri showed at the end. It probably would have been an amicable divorce had Allegri not acted the way he did but after his gestures towards Guintoli, he is making sure that Allegri doesn’t get paid.
My main concern is that we are AGAIN going to end up in a bloody Court (though this time is a Labour Court, small mercies!) and that it will be another shitshow of lawyers and journalists. Let’s remember that our pool of lawyers was so skilled last year that we ended up getting 15 points of penalisation… when the prosecution had asked for 9.
Italian Labour Courts are famous for being very protective of employees. Allegri is going to ask for his wages, plus reputational damages. So it’s going to be very simple – if the Court deems the termination under just cause they won’t have to pay a cent to Allegri, but if it decides against us it’s going to be a bloodbath between the full wages, damages and lawyers.
Pretty convinced we should have found an agreement instead of dragging our laundry in the open, but what do I know…
The only thing that is embarrassing are fans still shilling for Allegri
Allegri deserved a proper send off that’s true, but you can’t go disrespecting your boss and expect everything to go well. I love Allegri but he did this to himself.
The only thing embarrassing here is Allegri and all of his followers STILL defending him, which will take a very long time to get rid of. He is a stain in our history, never have I seen in my whole life a lone man single-handedly split a whole team fanbase in two.
I seriously can’t believe people are still sucking his cock to this day just because of some trophies earned when we had an insane team and basically zero competition, playing like shit and most games won just by masterclass plays by single individuals. Don’t even get me started on how many players were literally burned by this guy. And don’t even bring this year’s Coppa Italia into this because a single and frankly useless trophy doesn’t save 3 embarassing years full of failures.
He’s always been a clown and you all who keep following him are his whole circus, but I hope you will finally leave this town once and for all. Juventus doesn’t need you all.
Nah, he did that to himself. He knew he had no future here anymore and decided to act like a monkey. Every other serious club would’ve sacked him for this as well.
Allegri fanboys have some of the wildest takes.
Who asked him to say no to Real Madrid?
We didn’t give Dybala a proper farewell
I thought we are done with allegri dick riders but here we are
He returned primarily for the lucrative contract with high guaranteed amounts, and that what kept getting him opportunities . However, Allegri should have been sacked last season. We are the fuckin Juve we are the most club with a legacy of excellence. Simply qualifying for the Champions League despite point deductions isn’t enough. In Italy, you either win the title or fiercely challenge whoever does.
Some people care more about allegri than the club. If moggi was director and this happened to him, the coach would be gone instantly. He violated the terms of him contract. The fetishisation of allegri when he has done shit all for three years is amazing.
20 million is no chump change. Anyone would fight to not have to pay 20 million to someone you fire from the job.
I don’t agree. We sold Vidal who was probably our best player at that time when he had car accident while drinking. Juve always had certain style, which Allegri did damage with his behaviour on field. He got in fight with three different persons, telling Giuntoli to move away from the team while they were lifting a trophy. That’s certainly worth sacking.
In his second spell we are not seeing any improvement in our game or table. Let alone that we have very young team, and we play same old style of football. Keep in mind that he is highest earning coach in Serie A and has highest earning squad.
I, too, would do embaressing stuff to not owe someone 12 million euros
We should sue him for our pain and suffering
the history of Juventus is much more important and bigger than the one with Allegri. allegri behaved in the wrong way and it is right that he pays