Juve, Chiellini and those riddles about the future: “I see myself as a manager rather than a coach”

The disappointment is great, very much. The goal of the World Cup was so clear that in recent years Giorgio Chiellini has always relegated all thoughts about his future to after Qatar 2022. Proud captain of a group that last summer had lived and given an extraordinary dream, which perhaps he was mentally preparing with too much I anticipate the great challenge with Cristiano Ronaldo and his Portugal (the only real danger on paper) but no, he really never would have imagined falling like this with Macedonia. The exclusion of Italy from the next intercontinental cup drastically rearranges the times, the blue and Juventus captain will very soon be forced to deal with the future. Inevitably.

Juve deadline

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The defender had won the European Championship eight months ago as an “unemployed”. His contract had expired on 30 June 2021, Massimiliano Allegri then strongly wanted him in the team, recognizing him a strategic reference role for young people in the initial construction of the nascent cycle. The new agreement provides for the natural end of the relationship at the end of this season, Italy’s qualification for the World Cup would most likely have put another timed extension in the pipeline. Now it is more difficult. The company is engaged in the construction of the new course and seems willing to give continuity to the rejuvenation process of the squad in the next summer market. After having armored Federico Gatti in January, he could decide to seize some other opportunities from the market: Antonio Rudiger’s is a strong name, not the only one to guarantee technical value and experience to the backward department.

The hypothesis

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There are three main hypotheses for Chiellini’s future. However, it must be said that he has not yet reflected with the necessary clarity and he will want to take a decision calmly. The choice to close the career is contemplated but it is not the only possibility at the moment. And Juve remains his absolute priority: if Allegri and the management asked him to make himself available for another year, only for the gratitude and respect he has always shown towards the club, he would consider the proposal. The second possibility opens up a new sporting path, more as a manager than as a man on the pitch, so as to optimize the course of study brilliantly completed a few years ago in Economics and Management: at Juve, if he was given the opportunity, or even in another club. Finally, the third and final scenario could see him definitively say goodbye to Serie A in the last match on the calendar at Franchi (against Fiorentina with whom he played his first championship in the top flight) to go and have an experience abroad.

The dream

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There is a little big dream cherished for a long time by Giorgio, who always thought he wanted to give himself the opportunity to experience an adventure far from Italy sooner or later. Not for the obsession of continuing to play or for the need to get another contract, but for the pleasure of enjoying a full experience from a human point of view for him and for his family. Here the MLS idea could be back in fashion, this time with a few more chances. Because there had already been some traces last summer, but the polls found neither time nor way for the lunge, between European, holidays and extension with Juve immediately after. New attempts could find fertile land.

His idea

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“Honestly, I am already beyond what I thought – admitted the footballer in a recent interview with Amazon Prime -. After the knee it was a challenge to be able to return, but I had this European dancing in my head, to end up getting there. Had it been in 2020 I would not have gotten there, I was still not well, so I have already gone beyond what it was. I could have finished last year with the national team, I wanted to continue and now we live for the day ”. But the World Cup dream has vanished, the future knocks on the door: “Basically I’d like to be a manager rather than a coach, but life is full of surprises. I will understand this in time “.