Juventus have dismissed Thiago Motta as their supervisor and named Igor Tudor as his successor.
The choice follows back-to-back heavy defeats in Serie A, with Juventus struggling a 4-0 loss at house to Atalanta and a 3-0 defeat to Fiorentina.
These disappointing outcomes have left the membership in fifth place, trailing league leaders Inter by 12 factors.
Moreover, Juventus endured an sudden exit from the Champions League in February after falling to PSV Eindhoven within the play-off spherical.
Their Coppa Italia hopes had been additionally dashed shortly after, as they had been eradicated by Empoli within the quarter-finals following a penalty shootout.
A press release from the membership on Sunday confirmed the managerial change: “Juventus FC declares that it has relieved Thiago Motta of his place as coach of the boys’s first workforce.
Igor Tudor is the brand new Head Coach of the Males’s First Group. Welcome, Igor!
Juventus thanks Thiago Motta for his work, ardour and dedication throughout his time with the membership.
— JuventusFC 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@juventusfcen) March 23, 2025
“Juventus FC additionally declares that it has entrusted the management of the boys’s first workforce to Igor Tudor, who will direct the primary coaching session tomorrow.”
Motta, who took cost of Juventus in June on a three-year deal, had beforehand led Bologna to Champions League qualification.
His tenure at Juve included a 21-game unbeaten streak within the league, however with 13 of these matches ending in attracts, his facet by no means really contended for the title.
The current string of poor outcomes proved to be the breaking level, irritating each followers and membership officers.
Throughout his time on the helm, Motta took a agency stance on squad selections. Federico Chiesa, for instance, was knowledgeable that he was not a part of the supervisor’s long-term plans and subsequently made the swap to Liverpool final August.
Tudor, 46, is a former Juventus participant and Croatian worldwide who final managed Lazio.
His earlier expertise with Juventus contains serving as Andrea Pirlo’s assistant coach throughout the 2020 season. He’ll take cost of his first match as Juve’s new supervisor when the workforce faces Genoa on Saturday.