Massimiliano Allegri says Juventus will start planning for the future on Monday ‘when we know if we’ll play in Conference or Europa League next season.’
The Bianconeri visit Udinese at the Dacia Arena in the last game of the campaign on Sunday night.
“The team feels ok, we’ve trained well, but we lost the last two games,” said Allegri at a press conference, as quoted by Ilbianconero.com.
“For now, we are in Conference League, and we need a nice game in Udine for Europa League, but it doesn’t depend on us only.”
Juventus currently sit seventh after a 10-point penalty in Serie A but can still reach a Europa League placement, being one and two points behind Roma and Atalanta, respectively.
Allegri will meet club directors after the game against Udinese to plan for 2023-24. The Livorno-born coach has two years left in his contract at the Allianz Stadium and seems willing to remain at the helm despite two consecutive trophyless campaigns.
“At the end of every season, we review the year. There are always errors, it’s part of the job. We’ve had a few injuries, but we could have done more. We’ll try to improve next season,” said Allegri.
“I returned with enthusiasm, we’ve done good things in the last two years. Even with no trophies, we’ve played five young players, which is good for the club and Italian football: Fagioli, Miretti and Gatti. Iling-Jr was born in 2003, like Soulé. We must continue working. We’ll see where we’ll play, if Europe or Conference League, and then we’ll start planning. For now, we know that tomorrow is the last game of the season. On July 10, we’ll start again.
“Right now, everything looks dark, but this should not affect us,” the coach continued.
“We have a good team, a few contracts are expiring, but we’ll evaluate everything from Monday. The day after tomorrow we’ll know with certainty the future of Juventus. Starting from that, the club will make their assessment which must be respected. Juventus have a good base.”
Allegri ended the last pre-match press conference of the season by revealing his dominant emotions at the end of a lengthy campaign.
“There is tiredness and rage, which you feel when you don’t win. Otherwise, you become like the others and to win or lose is the same thing. We must carry this range inside and put it on the pitch.”
Juventus would have qualified for the Champions League without a 10-point penalty in Serie A this season. The Bianconeri were eliminated in the Coppa Italia and Europa League semis earlier this season. They were also knocked out of the Champions League group phase in December.