TURIN – Today Thiago Motta will reveal his professional future and say goodbye to Bologna. Barring sensational second thoughts, in fact, the Italian-Brazilian coach has decided (for some time) to embrace the project of Juventus and will move to Turin where he will sign a two-year contract, with an option for the third, at 3.5 million per season plus bonuses. The only uncertainty is linked to the conversation with Joey Saputo, who will try until the end to change his mind and lead his Bologna to the historic Champions League landing. An attempt that everyone, however, considers superfluous precisely because Motta has already decided and the economic relaunch and guarantees on the market (rumours tell of a sensational availability of 100 million) from the rossoblu president are unlikely to make him change his mind. In the city, moreover, the signs of the next farewell are multiplying: from the players who thanked him already during the celebration on the pitch after the draw with Juventus (emblematic Saelemaekers: “Mister, thank you for everything you did for us, it was truly incredible”), to the banner displayed yesterday by fans at the entrance to the Casteldebole sports centre.
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Motta doesn’t talk before the match against Genoa
Yesterday, then, the non-secondary detail was added which refers to how Thiago Motta will not hold the traditional press conference on the eve of the match, the last of the championship, against Genoa. And it is the first time that he skips the “ritual” in the season: it is no coincidence that it happens after the long-awaited conversation with Saputo, during which he will announce his farewell after the extraordinary feat on the rossoblu bench. The Juventus managers had already decided some time ago that a change on the bench should be made and had identified Motta as the ideal candidate and, therefore, the decision did not depend on Bologna’s championship, but this certainly comforted and reinforced the underlying ideas of choice. Thiago Motta has therefore decided to embrace the project of Christian Giuntoli, which will have to combine competitiveness with financial sustainability. Also for this reason it will not be easy to reach market objectives that should contribute to building the new Juventus, first of all that Calafiori identified as the first reinforcement in defense but around whom, inevitably, Bologna will erect a wall to prevent Juventus from taking away another of their jewels. But there will be time: today is Motta’s day.
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