We were linked with Capello and Vialli at some point. You can debate how it would finish but there were coaches available to take over. Juve did a favor to Conte by hiring him in the first place. It turned out great but there were a quite few raised eyebrows back then. And don't forget his playing career here. Conte owes Juventus a lot more. He's great because of Juventus.
Sure, we were linked with other coaches, but what good would that do? Would the supporters back Capello? What would happen when Vialli got sacked after three months?
Juve did Conte a favor by hiring him, he repayed that favor within one season when he made a team made to qualify CL win the Scudetto.
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I see you are capitalising club as if our lawyers are in some way representative of the club as a whole. They are legal professionals (and incidentally Bongiorno is arguably the best in Italy) trying to make sense of a random sports prosecution. In an ordinary court the case would last about an hour.
We actually don't know what would have happened with Conte, as the examples of Pepe and Bonucci are linked to difference incidents at Udinese and Bari. Seeing as many (including himself) believe he was being made an example of that is quite a leap you are making.
If I am not mistaking, club lawyers such as Briamonte were on the board of the directors. He had to resign following his masterplan of making Conte agree to a plea bargain.
Bongiorno only came in the picture after Briamonte stepped off, she did everything she could do but it wasn't enough.
Both Cannavaro and Grava were accused of the same thing, they didn't accept the plea bargain and were completely cleared on all charges, and mind you, there was stronger evidence against them, than Conte.