Tudor confirmed as Juve coach, Kolo Muani to stay for Club World Cup
Igor Tudor will be Juventus coach next season, the Serie A club's new general manager Damien Comolli confirmed on Tuesday, after failing to snatch Antonio Conte from Serie A champions Napoli.
'Igor Tudor will be our coach for the 2025/26 season. We're working together, and I want to reiterate that he will be our coach next season,' Comolli told reporters during a press conference.
Juve had pushed to bring back club icon Conte, who won three straight league titles as coach of the Turin giants between 2011 and 2014.
But Conte decided to stay at Napoli and defend the Scudetto, leading to Juve to decide to stick with Tudor who replaced sacked Thiago Motta in March and guided the club to next season's Champions League.
Tudor will lead Juve at the upcoming Club World Cup in the USA where the Italians face Al Ain, Wydad AC and Manchester City in the group stage.
Also taking part in the Club World Cup with Juve will be Comolli's fellow Frenchman Randal Kolo Muani, whose loan from Paris Saint-Germain has been extended for the length of the tournament.
Comolli added that Juve were hoping to extend Kolo Muani's stay for next season after a promising spell in Italy since arriving in January from PSG where he was frozen out by Luis Enrique.
'We don't have an agreement with PSG but I'm optimistic,' said Comolli.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
The Sun
an hour ago
- The Sun
Sane ‘in negotiations' with Galatasaray
GALATASARAY announced on Wednesday they had started talks with Bayern Munich attacker Leroy Sane with his contract at the German champions up at the end of the season. Sane joined Bayern in 2020 from Manchester City and is set to arrive in Turkey by Thursday for a medical. The 29-year-old German scored 11 goals for the Bavarians this season. According to German media, he had also been the subject of interest from other clubs, including Arsenal. 'Negotiations have begun with the football player Leroy Aziz Sane for his transfer to our club,' Galatasary said on social media. Galatasaray will feature in the Champions League next season having won the Turkish Super Lig.
New Straits Times
2 hours ago
- New Straits Times
Neuer: Bayern happy to be at Club World Cup while others miss out
ORLANDO: Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer is happy to be at the new-look Club World Cup and said only time will tell whether the event will be a success, German Press Agency (dpa) reported. The football tournament has been expanded from seven to 32 teams and has a prize money of around US$1 billion (RM4.2 billion). Critics say it adds to an already saturated match calendar and raises player burnout fears. Bayern, who arrived on Tuesday at their base camp in Florida, and Borussia Dortmund are Germany's representatives at the June 14 to July 13 event in the United States. But with European countries limited to two teams per country, and with qualifying based on past results, there are also prominent absentees such as English champions Liverpool and Spanish double winners Barcelona. "I believe it is something special to be part of it. There are teams which are not part of it. It hurts them. They would surely also like to play," Neuer said ahead of Bayern's opener on Sunday against Auckland City. The tournament is to be held every four years, and Neuer did not want to come to any conclusions about it just yet. "We will see in a few years or decades what kind of standing this tournament format will have. It is difficult to say right now because it is played for the first time," he said. "We are looking forward to the tournament. We know what is at stake and we are happy to be part of it." But Neuer also said he was aware of the risks as the event, after a long domestic and European season, adds considerably to player workload. "The calendar is becoming tighter and tighter. This tournament takes place every four years. It is good that it isn't every year. It is becoming more and more. That is something to think about," Neuer said. – BERNAMA-dpa
The Sun
2 hours ago
- The Sun
Bellingham ‘special boy' despite ‘repulsive' behaviour
ENGLAND manager Thomas Tuchel said his own mother finds some of Jude Bellingham's antics 'repulsive' but he does not want to dim the Real Madrid star's fire. Tuchel suffered his first defeat in four games as England boss on Tuesday when Senegal became the first African side to ever beat the Three Lions in a 3-1 friendly win. Bellingham thought he had made it 2-2 late on at Nottingham Forest's City Ground only for the goal to be controversially disallowed before Senegal broke away for a third in stoppage time. Tuchel had to restrain Bellingham's protests at the decision at full-time and said it is a balancing act to retain the 21-year-old's fight without it bubbling over. 'Sometimes you see the rage, the hunger and the fire and it comes out in a way that can be a bit repulsive, for example, for my mother when she sits in front of the TV,' said Tuchel in a wide-ranging interview with radio station talkSPORT on Wednesday. 'I see that but, in general, we are very happy to have him. He's a special boy.' Tuchel dismissed suggestions England could be better off without Bellingham, who starred in the Three Lions' run to the Euro 2024 final. But he called on the Bellingham to inspire rather than intimidate his team-mates. 'He has a certain something and brings an edge. It's needed if we want to achieve big things,' added Tuchel. 'It needs to be channelled towards the opponent and towards our goal, and not to intimidate team-mates or be aggressive towards team-mates or referees but always on winning. 'He has the fire -- I don't want to dim that, he should play with that as that's his strength. 'But the fire comes also with some attribute that can intimidate team-mates. Sometimes you see the explosion towards referees and the anger in his game. 'If he can channel this in the right way he has something that we need and that edge is hard to find.' Tuchel, who won the Champions League at Chelsea and league titles with Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich, was hired with the task of ending England's wait for a major tournament victory since 1966. Under Gareth Southgate they reached the final of each of the last two Euros, plus a quarter-final and semi-final of the past two World Cups. Tuchel has a richly-talented squad to choose from but has so far failed to find the right blend in three underwhelming World Cup qualifying wins over Albania, Latvia and Andorra before the Senegal defeat. 'I already have an idea of what to do,' he added with one year to go to the 2026 World Cup. 'We did some experiments in the second camp, not everything was bad, we did some good things but the two games were not good enough. 'It was a good learning and it brings clarity. Each game is a learning situation and helps us mould the team and find solutions.'
