Juventus have sacked head coach Max Allegri, two days after the club won the Coppa Italia.
The club were widely expected to part ways from the Italian at the end of the season after a disappointing year but have moved that up with two games of the campaign still to go.
Juve are fourth in Serie A after five consecutive draws but are guaranteed Champions League football next term sitting seven points clear of sixth-placed Roma.
Massimiliano Allegri is no longer head coach of Juventus Football Club.
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Allegri guided them to the Coppa Italia with a win over Atalanta at the Stadio Olimpico on Wednesday night, a first trophy since he returned to the club in June 2021.
However, the 56-year-old appeared to reject the attention of club directors Cristiano Giuntoli and Maurizio Scanavino after the final whistle while also standing back as his players celebrated in front of supporters.
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The decision to remove Allegri brings an end to his second tenure as head coach, a spell in which the club won just a single trophy with the 2022-23 season also seeing them fail to qualify for European football altogether.
A 3-0 win at Lecce on January 21 had seen Allegri’s side go top of Serie A with an impressive 52 points from their opening 21 league matches, one point ahead of Inter — who had played one game fewer.
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However, four months on, Juventus now trail champions Inter by 25 points and are set to finish third at best with two games of the season remaining.
Allegri’s first spell had seen him win the Italian top-flight in each of his five seasons in charge between 2014 and 2019, while also reaching the Champions League final in 2015 and 2017.
Juventus also won four Coppa Italia crowns and two Supercoppa Italiana trophies during this spell.
Allegri, whose managerial career spans over two decades, also guided Milan to the Serie A title in 2010-11.
Juve are next in action against Bologna on Monday before closing out the season against Monza the following weekend.
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