Former Juventus midfielder Claudio Marchisio believes the club should target Jurgen Klopp as a replacement for Massimiliano Allegri if the Italian leaves this summer.
Though Marchisio, who played for Juventus for 13 seasons before leaving for Zenit St. Petersburg last summer, acknowledged that tempting Klopp away from Liverpool would be difficult, he said the German manager “would do very well in Italian football.”
“One that I believe cannot be had: Jurgen Klopp,” Marchisio told Tuttosport when asked who he thought should replace Allegri.
“I like his game and I like his way of playing football until the death. He would do very well in Italian football.
“But, if Allegri remains, I wouldn’t see anything wrong with that, because he’s a coach who always wins.”
The current Juventus manager has been linked with an exit ever since the side’s Champions League exit after a quarter-final loss to Ajax, in a season they were finally expected to get over the hump in the competition having signed Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid last summer.
Juve reached two finals in the competition under Allegri in five seasons, losing to Barcelona in 2014 and Madrid in 2017, and the European failures have continued to haunt the club even as they extended their run in Italy to eight straight Serie A titles this season, winning the league every year under the 51-year-old.
Mauricio Pochettino and Didier Deschamps have been mentioned as potential replacements for the Italian, with former Juve midfielder Deschamps, who led France to the World Cup trophy as manager last summer having also captained his country during their 1998 triumph, considered the likelier candidate given how firm Tottenham will stand in trying to keep Pochettino at the club.
