Deschamps: 'I'd go back to Juve'
Didier Deschamps has admitted he would sit on the Juventus bench again after resigning in 2007. “It was a huge mistake.”
The Coach took charge after the Calciopoli scandal when the club was demoted to Serie B, but resigned a few weeks before the end of the season, having already secured promotion.
“Leaving Juve was not an easy decision. I was very tired and lacking clarity, plus I received some bad advice,” confessed Deschamps on Sky Italia television.
“It was not a sudden turnaround, but I should’ve waited a little and avoided making this huge mistake. Now I know, I take full responsibility and it cost me a great deal, because the football world did not understand why.
“Resigning after promotion seemed pointless, but I was young and paid for a lack of experience.”
Alberto Zaccheroni is highly unlikely to extend his contract when it expires at the end of the season, while Rafa Benitez is not necessarily prepared to leave Liverpool.
When asked if he would be willing to take the reins in Turin yet again, Deschamps was surprisingly open to the idea.
“Never say never, although to be honest it seems unlikely, as they are the same directors who I worked with last time. If I were them, I wouldn’t have me back.
“I am happy at Olympique Marseille now, but Juve are always Juve. Would I go back? Yes.”
Another candidate to lead the team next season is current Bordeaux Coach Laurent Blanc.
“He is very experienced, speaks Italian and has a different personality to mine. It’s much harder to be a Coach in Italy than anywhere else, as there are always fewer foreign tacticians.
“You get the feeling you’re taking away a job from an Italian Coach, so more is expected of you.”
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