JUST IN: Juventus Appoints Former Manager Massimiliano Allegri to Replace SACKED Andrea Pirlo

Juventus have confirmed the return of Massimiliano Allegri to their managerial hot seat, with the path cleared for him to arrive by the departure of Andrea Pirlo after just one season in charge of the Turin giants.

A statement on Juve’s official website read: ‘Massimiliano Allegri is the Juventus manager once more.

‘Allegri finds a bench that he knows very well, a club that he loves and that loves him back, as today a new journey begins together, towards new goals.

‘What he achieved in his first adventure at Juventus are engraved in the club’s history: five Scudetti, four-consecutive doubles, coupled with the Coppa Italia and to the two Super Cups, reaching two Champions League finals in just three seasons, in what were epic feats both in Italy and in Europe.

‘We said goodbye two years ago with the message, ‘History Alone’, the message on the back of the shirt given to Massimiliano Allegri by president Andrea Agnelli with an embrace and a shirt, on which in just two words encapsulated Allegri’s experience at Juve.

‘The beauty of the story, however, is that it never stops. In football,
this means a concept that we have ingrained in our DNA: the best victory
is the next one. Always.

‘Now we are ready to begin again with
Allegri, to build our future together; with his enormous
professionalism, his moral strength, with the brilliant ideas of a coach
capable of shuffling the cards, both on and off the pitch.

‘With
his smile, a sort of ‘signature’. With his way of understanding
football and life with simplicity, with his desire to play things down
and with the commitment to enjoy every beautiful moment that being at
Juventus can give and will give.’