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new article from football italia :
Former President Giovanni Cobolli Gigli explains why Juventus sacked Claudio Ranieri. “The shadow of Marcello Lippi was there.”
The Coach was fired just two games before the end of the 2008-09 campaign with Juve in third place.
Ranieri said this month that he felt “the shadow of Lippi” hanging over him and that it was responsible for his dismissal, to be replaced by former Lippi collaborator Ciro Ferrara.
“Was there the shadow of Lippi? Yes, I think so,” confessed then-Juve President Cobolli Gigli on Sky Italia television today.
“Let’s try to be clear. Jean-Claude Blanc had offered Lippi the job of Coach before hiring Ranieri. Lippi decided to stay off the scene until the verdict of the trial involving his son, an agent.
“Therefore there was definitely a thought about Lippi at the club. If there was another option of seeing Lippi, at the end of his Italy work, in an evidently very important role at Juventus, then I can only assume that.”
The rumours escalated when general manager Blanc was spotted at lunch with Lippi.
“Looking back, we can say that meeting was imprudent,” continued Cobolli Gigli.
“They could’ve found a more reserved meeting place. Let’s say it was naive, as Blanc didn’t realise how much importance Italians give to all this.
“At that moment Blanc met Lippi, then Ranieri went on to do good work. We found ourselves with Juventus gradually slipping down the table and the feeling the players were no longer listening to Ranieri the way they had in the past.
“With the prospect of finishing fourth and still the ambition to come in second, we took the decision to replace the Coach.
“I think Ranieri did great work at Juventus,” insisted the former President of the club.
“In the last few weeks of the season he probably realised the club owners weren’t 100 per cent confident in him and thought, as he often thinks, that Lippi’s shadow was hanging over him.
“Ranieri was certainly upset, but I must thank him for all he has done and wish him a good campaign with Roma.”
http://football-italia.net/oct05t.html
that pretty much fits into place with my theory, that all the commitment of the players would not have shifted, if the board would have stood 100% behind ranieri (because at the time of the meeting everything was still fine).
they players probably thought they would be coached by lippi in the next season anyways, so they can give a fuck about what ranieri says...
unprofessional from the players side as well as from the board
Former President Giovanni Cobolli Gigli explains why Juventus sacked Claudio Ranieri. “The shadow of Marcello Lippi was there.”
The Coach was fired just two games before the end of the 2008-09 campaign with Juve in third place.
Ranieri said this month that he felt “the shadow of Lippi” hanging over him and that it was responsible for his dismissal, to be replaced by former Lippi collaborator Ciro Ferrara.
“Was there the shadow of Lippi? Yes, I think so,” confessed then-Juve President Cobolli Gigli on Sky Italia television today.
“Let’s try to be clear. Jean-Claude Blanc had offered Lippi the job of Coach before hiring Ranieri. Lippi decided to stay off the scene until the verdict of the trial involving his son, an agent.
“Therefore there was definitely a thought about Lippi at the club. If there was another option of seeing Lippi, at the end of his Italy work, in an evidently very important role at Juventus, then I can only assume that.”
The rumours escalated when general manager Blanc was spotted at lunch with Lippi.
“Looking back, we can say that meeting was imprudent,” continued Cobolli Gigli.
“They could’ve found a more reserved meeting place. Let’s say it was naive, as Blanc didn’t realise how much importance Italians give to all this.
“At that moment Blanc met Lippi, then Ranieri went on to do good work. We found ourselves with Juventus gradually slipping down the table and the feeling the players were no longer listening to Ranieri the way they had in the past.
“With the prospect of finishing fourth and still the ambition to come in second, we took the decision to replace the Coach.
“I think Ranieri did great work at Juventus,” insisted the former President of the club.
“In the last few weeks of the season he probably realised the club owners weren’t 100 per cent confident in him and thought, as he often thinks, that Lippi’s shadow was hanging over him.
“Ranieri was certainly upset, but I must thank him for all he has done and wish him a good campaign with Roma.”
http://football-italia.net/oct05t.html
that pretty much fits into place with my theory, that all the commitment of the players would not have shifted, if the board would have stood 100% behind ranieri (because at the time of the meeting everything was still fine).
they players probably thought they would be coached by lippi in the next season anyways, so they can give a fuck about what ranieri says...
unprofessional from the players side as well as from the board
Looks like he's resigned from Roma. I feel really sorry for him. I thought he had done an excellent job with them, so close to winning the league last season. Looking back at when he was with us he did do a very good job with the tools at his disposal, he certainly made some very questionably transfer decisions (Xabi Alonso, Van Der Vaart) but at least the team had a fighting spirit. Best of luck with your next adventure Claudio!
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