Ranieri at Juve

[Guest Snorky]

Sky Sports

 

Claudio Ranieri has taken over as coach of Juventus.

 

The former Chelsea boss quit Serie A club Palma last week sparking speculation he was set to take over as Stuart Pearce's successor at Manchester City.

 

But Ranieri has instead stepped into the vacancy left by Didier Deschamps at the Stadio Delle Alpi.

 

More to follow...

[matty]

:lol:

 

Oh happy day!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

[ManxRed]

Ha ha ha!

 

City will end up with Neil Warnock at this rate!

[Gilps]

Ha ha ha!

 

City will end up with Neil Warnock at this rate!

 

Dave Bassett

[matty]

This has cheered me up no end.

 

It's like the mancs getting Graham Taylor as manager.

[floyd]

Suppose Juve don't need to bother who manages them. You can always buy your'e way out of it.

[Guy_Incognito]

It's gonna be Erikkson to city. I heard off a mate who's mate's mate is the chef at Citeh. Oh yes...

 

And if it is, I get £120

[Swagger]

I really don't understand this move by Juve. Surely they could have come up with someone better.

[Dominus Maximus]

I don't think they could do better.

[Michael]

I just hope City don't get a large cash injection from potential new owners and Ramos from Seville. Then we could all have another rival for the top four places.

[Guest Kaizer]

Like I posted on RAWK.

 

Juventus wanted Lippi, but he will not get back into football before his son is cleared of the charges in the Calciopoli trial.

Juve went as far as them thinking about appointing a caretaker manager possible their old captain Conte or Ferrara untill Lippi would take the job, possible in September/October. But Lippi could not give them any certain answers so the situation would have been unbarable so they needed to look elsewhere.

 

When it comes to Deschamps, I think he lost the dressing room to be honest, I guess its difficult to get the respect needed from players that has actually been your teammates earlier, as a manager you will not get the needed authority, and remember he also brought in Boumsong.

 

Capello would have been difficult because of the fans regarding how fast he left them after the scandal hit last summer, so Ranieri seems like a good option and he will get the respect needed from the players as well.

 

But it looks like he only will get a two year contract, so I guess Lippi will be an option in the shadows for a while yet.

[matty]

Ranieri signed a three year contract.

[Bootle Buck]

My money is still on Paul Jewell. I think he will take the job after a good holiday.

[R A Softlad]

But where will he get a good holiday at this time of year? Everywhere's packed!