Allegri in Arabia, the details of Al Hilal’s offer for the Juve coach

Massimiliano Allegri walks, smiles and thinks. In Montecarlo, where he is spending the first week of his holidays, he had himself photographed in sportswear and with a slightly more relaxed face than when we last saw him, after the Udinese-Juventus match. It was a difficult and tiring season, as he himself reiterated several times, and now the time has come to pull the plug a bit. It’s a pity that football follows him everywhere and he is forced to deal with ball issues even when he would gladly do something else.

the saudi league

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In Montecarlo, in addition to relaxing, the Juventus coach met the emissaries of an Arab club who would like to make him change his life, taking him from Turin to Riyadh, to lead one of the most important clubs in the Saudi League, where Cristiano Ronaldo moved for a year and a half and in recent days he has been joined by Karim Benzema. An ambitious championship, which aims to reach the levels of European football and for this reason is shopping in the most important leagues. These are days of reflection for Max, who has cashed in the monstrous offer of 20 million euros per season for 3 years, a pharaonic contract that makes the one that binds him to Juventus appear miserable, where he will earn 7 million (plus bonuses) for the next 2 seasons.

Arab revival

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Allegri listened and took his time, without giving any answers. Yesterday was an interlocutory day, with no new contacts between the parties, but it is not excluded that there will be some in the next few hours. The Arabs have no intention of giving up and indeed are ready to relaunch: Al Hilal needs a coach and has already sounded out several, including the former Brazil coach Tite, and after the great refusal of Leo Messi, who he preferred to end his career in America – to Inter Miami -, he doesn’t want to be told no by others. Therefore he is already preparing a new upward offer to try to make the Juventus coach waver, who for the moment continues to give precedence to the black and white club: the Arabs could add a substantial signing bonus to the rich contract, which would guarantee Allegri to earn another ten million.

relationships to rebuild

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A lot of money that inevitably deserve a deep reflection. Allegri has always said that he has no intention of resigning despite the rumors that have been circulating in the last period, nor that he wants to negotiate for severance pay. The managing director Maurizio Scanavino confirmed it just a few days ago (“Allegri has never been in discussion”), however also confirming the disagreements he had with the coach, especially in the last period. The situation remains tense, the relationship with Francesco Calvo has deteriorated and the choice of the new sporting director, Cristiano Giuntoli, was made without asking his opinion, which did not make the coach happy. The long and onerous contract locks him down, but relations with the management and part of the team need to be rebuilt. The only one who could change Max’s fate is John Elkann, who has the last word, unless he himself decides to leave. There should be a discussion between the owner and the technician shortly, to close each discussion. Meanwhile Allegri is already working on building the new team together with Manna, Calvo and Cherubini. Juve was a choice of the heart, made for his son Giorgio, who lives in Turin with his ex-partner and also for his friendship with Andrea Agnelli. He wonders if a relaunch of the Arabs would be able to change his mind.