there's an increasing amount of news on allegri leaving at the end of the season, which is what should happen. some journalists (mostly clowns) quote a long phone call between elkann and giuntoli which allegedly guarantees that giuntoli can pick the coach and he'll have all the powers (within a limited budget of course) needed to transform the team. these are just some shitty rumors, but if you consider that pompillo (giuntoli's former right hand man) is linked to jj by more reliable sources then it can be a possible scenario.
replacements mentioned so far:
- motta looks like a favorite. excellent season at bologna, not a long track record though. feels like a moderately risky move on a budget with high rewards if he repeats the same impact on a better squad.
- de zerbi is a giuntoli favorite, he wanted him at napoli already. fancy modern attacking style, it will be some proper fan service to get him. he never won shit (besides a prestigious ukrainian super cup), of course he's yet to coach a serious team. i feel that he'd be a monumental failure, but i'd still accept him just out of curiosity. it would be fun to see what a hipster anti-allegri 100% attacking coach could do with this team.
- conte. since lotito hired tudor, he's my pick if allegri somehow gets the axe before the end of the season. i don't like him at all, i don't like his 3-5-2, but he is guaranteed to make a quick impact and as a proven maniac he usually brings the best out of many players. locatelli, gatti, cambiaso, miretti are typical conte players, all of them would improve with conte. vlahovic too would be good with him. but he'd complain about our budget, his cup track record is simply shit, and he loves to walk out of a contract, so he'd be a short term solution. and since unfortunately allegri won't get fired, i'd forget him. also all reports mention his intention to come back, the club isn't approaching him apparently.
a change is most certainly needed, i'm not sure either of these would guarantee the return to the top without vastly improving the squad