But whether it was in jest or not, he should know how the Italian, or quite frankly, any media works.
The question at hand is whether it should have been said at all. It's really not a question of misinterpretation because he knows full well that as the current NT coach and the former coach of Juve that left under less than auspicious circumstances, that his words would be twisted, and it would immediately be seen as a jab towards Allegri and this current Juve.
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And remember the old saying "There's a grain of truth in every joke"