Juventus should again head coach Thiago Motta, or herald former boss Antonio Conte to exchange him, in keeping with former Bianconeri defender Leonardo Bonucci.
Juve suffered an “ugly” 4-0 defeat at dwelling to Atalanta final weekend, solely their second loss in Serie A this season.
Nonetheless, the Bianconeri sit fourth within the desk – 9 factors behind leaders Inter – whereas they crashed out of the Champions League within the knockout part playoff in opposition to PSV.
Their Coppa Italia defence additionally ended on the quarter-final stage final month, following defeat by Empoli on penalties, with Motta subsequently coming beneath strain.
It’s now 5 years since Juve received their final Scudetto, which was additionally the final of eight received by Bonucci with the Bianconeri throughout his embellished profession.
The primary three Scudetti the previous Italy defender received got here beneath Conte between 2012 and 2014.
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Bonucci, who additionally remodeled 500 appearances for Juve, believes the membership ought to look to lure the present Napoli boss again to the Allianz Stadium on the finish of the season.
Alternatively, ought to the present regime of Motta and sporting director Cristiano Giuntoli stay, the 37-year-old warned the pinnacle coach should do extra than simply say he was “unhappy and disenchanted” by the Atalanta consequence.
“With Atalanta, we made a idiot of ourselves,” Bonucci advised La Gazzetta dello Sport. “It harm my coronary heart. I don’t assume something like this has ever occurred, an unsightly scene.
“The feelings of the followers have to be revered. The environment of the final matches places strain on those that have little expertise and management. I hope that it returns to being the additional component that has characterised so many victories.”
On Motta’s future, he added: “It will depend on what the goals are of the membership which, in the summertime, invested in some gamers, but in addition in younger gamers that they enhanced.
“If you wish to win immediately, in June, you alter and take Conte, in any other case you give Motta and Giuntoli time to create the foundations to return to successful methods.
“Thiago Motta should study that teaching Juve is a world aside. Saying that you’re unhappy and disenchanted shouldn’t be sufficient.”