Why Juventus will not announce Montero yet | OneFootball

Paolo Montero will be the interim Juventus coach for the final two games after Max Allegri was sacked, but it won’t be announced until tomorrow to avoid a ban.

The statement from the club this afternoon confirmed that Allegri had been fired after behaviour which was “incompatible” with the “values of Juventus.”

His replacement for the final two matches of the 2023-24 campaign will be former defender Montero, who is currently the coach of Juventus Under-19 youth team.

However, there is a very good reason why this will not be confirmed until Saturday afternoon.

Juventus await Montero ban

It is because Montero has a touchline man that he must sit out and so the confirmation will not be made until after the Under-19 team play their game on Saturday morning.

Montero will then be free to sit on the senior Juve bench for Monday’s showdown with Bologna and the last game of the season against Monza.

Uruguayan Montero played at Juventus from 1996 to 2005, then became a coach in South America and Italy before returning to Turin in 2022 for their youth team.

As for next season, it has been widely reported for a long time that Juve have a deal with Bologna coach Thiago Motta.