No Juve contact, says Lippi
Marcello Lippi has rubbished claims that he is all set to be named as the new Juventus boss. “They’ve not even asked me,” he noted.The World Cup winning boss is said to be the club’s No 1 target after Didier Deschamps had his contract terminated by mutual consent on Saturday night.
Lippi was rumoured to be wanted as first team Coach or as a technical director, where he would supervise the work of a younger tactician such as Antonio Conte [of Arezzo] or Luca Vialli.
But Lippi, who has been on a sabbatical from the game since leading Italy to Germany 2006 glory, insists he’s not about to commit himself to the Old Lady for a third time.
“I have already said that I will not start working again for a few more months,” he told state television RAI.
“The latest stories are groundless. Especially as if the club want me then they would need to ask me directly…”
Juventus general director Jean-Claude Blanc was quoted as saying that the club had been in touch with Lippi, in which they had given him 10 days to think about their offer.
However, the Turin giants went to great lengths to dismiss the authenticity of the alleged quotes by posting a statement on their website late last night.
“Juventus wish to highlight the fact that Jean-Claude Blanc never released the statement on the club’s future Coach which was reported by the Press this evening,” it read.
Meanwhile, Juventus have announced that Giancarlo Corradini, who was Deschamps’ assistant, will sit on the bench for the last two matches of the season against Bari and Spezia.
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