“Those responsible for this situation at Juve are Elkann and Comolli. It is still unclear why a man whose professional curriculum is zero was put in as CEO. Comolli, moreover, is behaving very badly with Juventus staff and other members of the Juventus board of directors, in a rude and scriptural manner! And everyone in Juventus circles knows it. I take responsibility for it. I wrote about it in a piece that will appear tomorrow in Il Giornale. In addition, I understand that he is absolutely incompetent in football. Spalletti is an absolute professional, but he is getting into this situation because he has only one football man at his side, Chiellini, who keeps quiet out of prudence and respect. The rest is fuffa wanted by John Elkann. Kelly is a player that in England you can't even find on the teletext, and in Italy he plays for Juve. Elkann is responsible, it has to be said. Look at Ferrari and look at Juve. As Sarri said, this is an unbeatable team. And with Sarri it was stronger eh ...Engineer Elkann pretends to be interested in Juventus, he said he won't sell it, but he is willing to accept investors, do you understand? What is the captain of Juventus today? A captain represents the locker room. With Motta at every match they changed captains like in a hotel by the hour, because he said he wanted to understand, not understanding anything about Juventus. As a matter of fact there is no news of Motta anymore, no club is looking for him. Forget about Motta. I apologise to the confectionery company, but he has nothing to do with it.
Juventus today would need experienced people, Chiellini and someone like Del Piero, who has diplomatic cunning, great personality and international recognition. There is no other name but Del Piero, but Elkann would never take him because it would overshadow his figure. Juve today is a big hotel that has the sign outside, but as soon as you enter you find the dated waiters, the dirty silverware, the unadorned rooms”.”
Tony Damascelli
“Juve's real problem is not on the pitch, but off the pitch, in the offices. Juve does not have an owner, as there once was. Once there were Gianni Agnelli, Boniperti, Giraudo and Moggi who won with Umberto Agnelli and were present. And they would talk. They would call you in and tell you what to do.”
Marco Tardelli at The 90th Trial
(by Nicola Tavoletta)
