It's not just the overwhelming victory on the field of Juve against Napoli with three fantastic assists from Cristiano Ronaldo and two goals from Mandzukic making headlines but the surprise divorce between the Juventus club and Giuseppe Marotta, the manager of the seven consecutive championships, who will no longer be the CEO of the Turin club. Marotta will also leave the board of the company which will present the list for the renewal of the board of directors on Monday and Marotta's name will not be there.
It's a shock turnaround that stems from an evident break in relations between Marotta and Juventus, which is a company listed on the Stock Exchange that has grown enormously both on a sporting and economic level under the management of the outgoing sixty-one-year-old ad.
Marotta himself has denied that his departure from Juve is to be linked to his possible candidacy for the presidency of the FIGC, the Italian soccer federation. No, the reason for the divorce is all internal to Juventus and probably stems from the rupture of relations between Marotta himself, who had been wanted by the president of Exor John Elkann, and the president Andrea Agnelli. “The company and the shareholders – said Marotta, who was awarded the best European football manager a few days ago – have decided on the generational renewal. But they've been eight wonderful years and I will always carry Juve in my heart."
Marotta will probably be replaced in general management, even if not in the role of managing director, by the current sporting director, Fabio Paratici, the manager who conceived the sensational purchase of Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid and who, in Marotta's shadow, has depopulated on the market bringing one champion after another to Juve. But surprises are not excluded and no one forgets the emotional bond that has always existed between the president Andrea Agnelli and Zinedine Zidane, who could return as manager and whose return is advocated primarily by Cristiano Ronaldo. And Marotta's reference to the renewal of generations and the will of the club (Andrea Agnelli) and of the partners (John Elkann's Exor) also fuel other thoughts and some say that in the new Juventus board, which I will be presented on Monday given the meeting of 25 October, there would also be a place for Lapo Elkann, John's brother who has always been close to him even in the repeated human and professional misadventures.
In addition to knowing the real reasons for Marotta's divorce, who seemed sincerely excited when giving the news to Sky, it will be a question of understanding what effects the turnaround can have on the stability of the club and on relations with the team, even if Paratici is an absolute certainty . "Very sorry" said the Juventus coach, Massimiliano Allegri, who was brought to the Juventus club by Marotta in July 2014 after the sensational farewell of Antonio Conte.
Then we will also have to understand the future fate of Marotta, who for some time has been saying that he wants to enjoy his young children (he has twins) but who, according to rumors reported by Corriere della Sera, has already been contacted by De Laurentis' Napoli. On Monday, however, we will know what the Stock Exchange thinks, which has so far greatly valued the Juventus title, especially after the purchase of Cristiano Ronaldo, bringing it to a capitalization of more than one billion euros. And above all we will know the real list of the new Juventus board of directors.
