Moggi: Lippi will replace Ranieri
Sunday 16 March, 2008
Luciano Moggi insists Marcello Lippi will replace Claudio Ranieri on the Juventus bench next season.
It is not the first time this rumour has circulated, but the former Bianconeri director general maintains it is a done deal.
“I really doubt Ranieri will stay on the Juve bench next term, regardless of what position they end up in,” he wrote in his column Petrus.
“His substitute will be Lippi, but the current directors cannot make the same requests as they did with Ranieri and then try to change them mid-way through the season. It would wreck everything.”
According to Moggi, the Juve board asked Ranieri to achieve a UEFA Cup place when he was hired in the summer, but that changed to a Champions League spot following their strong start.
“I do not see the attitude that can most benefit the squad and the fortunes of this club. Jean-Claude Blanc and Giovanni Cobolli Gigli knew full well the task given to Ranieri, but the results were better than expected and paradoxically caused problems.
“This is classic behaviour for those who are not part of this profession. It created tension and made it seem like a last chance saloon to get third place as a 'minimum objective,’ so the upshot of that was Juventus picked up one point in three games.”
--
even channel4 confirm this report from Moggi
I just woke up and the first thing I did was go to channel4 and when I read this my whole hangover went away in one second