It is yet another Italian derby between Juventus and Inter: both have decided to focus on Massimiliano Allegri. Inter must as soon as possible plug the hole in thefarewell – made official at 7 am last night – by Antonio Conte, immediately after the championship triumph. He will receive 7.5 million in severance pay, but will not be able to coach in Italy. But the you has decided not to extend the Pirlo experiment, and wants back the technician he dismissed only 24 months ago. In a game of mirrors Allegri had replaced Conte on the Juve bench in 2014, after the Salento coach had decided to give up after a championship won: the same situation today at Inter. Until yesterday afternoon, Allegri’s return to Juventus seemed almost done, but in the late evening Inter would have relaunched strongly. In Milan Allegri would complete the grand slam of leading all three of the great football historians, since he has already been to Milan, where he won a championship, and then won five in a row in Turin.
Among other things, the Livorno coach had already given his availability to the Nerazzurri a year ago, when Conte had already hypothesized the sensational farewell to Inter immediately after the end of the championship. Allegri has a strong relationship with Beppe Marotta, Inter general manager, who was also forced to leave Juve a few years ago: in the game of mirrors there is also the fact that just yesterday Fabio Paratici, who had took the place of Marotta. Whether Allegri chooses Turin or Milan, the other club will not be able to bet on Simone Inzaghi, an alternative hypothesized for both benches: during the night he renewed for three years with Lazio, after a long meeting with president Lotito. But Juventus, as we had anticipated yesterday morning, has the suggestion of another great return: Zinedine Zidane at midnight made his farewell to the Real Madrid. The beauty is that according to the Spanish newspapers this morning there are two candidates for the Real bench: Antonio Conte and Massimiliano Allegri …
