Thiago Motta will not renew his contract with Bologna and will leave the club at the end of the championship, as the Emilian club announced in an official note. President Saputo: “he has entered our history, I would have liked him to stay at Bologna, but I can only thank him for these wonderful seasons and wish him the best for the future”. Future that will be called Juventus, Giuntoli is already working on the first objectives. In the meantime, Bologna is evaluating different options for the post-Motta team
BOLOGNA, THE PARTY FOR QUALIFICATION IN THE CHAMPIONS
The paths of Thiago Motta and Bologna they will separate at the end of the season. The splendid feeling between team and coach, which brought the Emilians back to the Champions League 60 years after the last time (in 1964, when it was still called the “Champions Cup”) will end after the last day of Serie A, in which Bologna will host Genoa on Friday 24 May at 8.45pm. Thiago Motta met with the rossoblù management and expressed his desire not to renew his contract, as the Emilian club explained in an official note: “Thiago Motta has communicated to the club his intention not to renew his contract with Bologna. Having taken note of the decision, the club thanks the coach for the extraordinary work done and wishes him the best luck for the rest of his career.”
Saputo: “I would have liked him to stay at Bologna”
Joey Saputo, president of Bologna, wanted to thank Thiago Motta after the coach’s decision not to renew his contract with the Emilian club: “In these two years I have known a prepared and winning coach, who has given the team an identity of brilliant play. The goal of qualifying for the Champions League commits him and all the players to the history of our club. I would have liked him to stay at Bolognabut I can only thank him and his staff for these wonderful seasons and wish him the best for the future.”
Bologna, the hypotheses for the post-Motta period
Bologna will now try to find a coach who has the same football ideas and the same principles as Thiago Motta. Italian it is one of the names that Emilian society likes. Another possible name is that of Palladino, who however seems to be headed towards Fiorentina precisely to replace Italiano. There is the hypothesis De Zerbi, who among other things had been sought by Bologna before the arrival of Thiago Motta. Also among the potential candidates is German.
What Thiago Motta’s Juventus will be like
After the failure to renew Thiago Motta with Bologna, Juventus now has the green light to hire the Italian-Brazilian coach. A three-year contract worth around 5 million euros per season is ready for him. He will take the place of Montero (who replaced Allegri), who will lead the Bianconeri on the last day of the championship against Monza (match scheduled for Saturday 25 May at 6pm). Meanwhile, Giuntoli is already working to prepare next season’s team: the market will be focused on quality additions such as Ederson And Koopmeiners, players that Juventus really like. The two jewels of Atalanta are among Giuntoli’s first targets, along with other profiles such as By Gregory, Colpani, Calafiori, Samardzic, Zirkzee And Brescianini.
