London (AFP)
If the summer break in European football is punctuated each year by rumors and player transfers, the frenzy seems to have gained the coaching benches this year, where an impressive number of teams seem to be looking for a new lease of life.
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Massimiliano Allegri (Juventus):
Andrea Pirlo barely thanked after a single season on the bench, Juventus formalized the return of Massimiliano Allegri on Friday, two years after his departure from the Bianconeri.
The big laundry at the top clubs in Serie A (8 of the top 10 of the season will know a new coach) did not spare the "Old Lady": Juve ended the experiment after only one year Andrea Pirlo who almost cost him his place in C1.
To replace him, the Turin club has bet on a safe bet by recalling Massimiliano Allegri, 53, thanks to whom Juve had dominated the championship from 2014 to 2019 (5 titles), reaching twice the final of the C1 and also winning four Italian Cups.
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Hansi Flick (Germany):
Former right-hand man of Joachim Löw with the Mannschaft, Flick decided to leave Bayern this summer, after winning two league titles and a Champions League since 2019, to succeed "Jogi" after the Euro.
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An almost logical progression for this coach long underestimated but who is very popular with players and the general public.
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Julian Nagelsmann (Bayern):
The Bavarians did not take long to replace Flick, by poaching Julian Nagelsmann in Leipzig.
Considered a future great coach, he took an important step in his career at 33, even if the arrival of this iconoclast in a club very attached to its traditions could spark.
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José Mourinho (Roma):
Like a phoenix always reborn from its failures (Manchester United, Chelsea), the stainless José Mourinho took only two weeks after his dismissal by Tottenham to find a base with Roma.
A historic club, but with a little taste of downgrading for the "Special One" anyway, since the Giallorossi, disappointing 7th in Serie A, will only play the new Europa League Conference, third European Cup ... only Mourinho, already winner of the Champions League and the Europa League, will no doubt dream of hanging on to his record.
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Antonio Conte (Real):
Despite a first Italian league title in 11 years, Conte and Inter opted for a consensual break and the phone of the former Italian coach was quick to ring.
Orphan of Zinédine Zidane, Real Madrid would be very interested, even if the track leading to a "home solution", Raul, who runs the reserve, also seems quite hot.
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Tottenham, Barcelona or Paris Saint-Germain would also keep an eye on whoever had led Juventus or Chelsea to championship titles in the past.
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Christophe Galtier (Lyon or Nice):
After deciding to leave Lille on an unexpected French championship title, Christophe Galtier is also courted, mainly in Ligue 1.
He seemed close enough to Lyon to replace Rudi Garcia, who left on bad terms with OL, but Nice is pushing ahead and could well win the piece.
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Mauricio Pochettino (Tottenham)
According to the British press, the Argentinian coach of Paris SG would have been contacted by his former club Tottenham (2014-2019), who had sacked him two years ago to replace him with José Mourinho.
But after less than six months in Paris, where he won the Coupe de France, "Poche" is not free.
And it is not said that he will be released, while he is under contract until 2022.
"There is nothing" between Pochettino and Tottenham, a source close to PSG told AFP on Friday.
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Zinedine Zidane
After a second stint at Real a little less successful than the first, Zidane chose to regain his freedom.
And if the European press seems impatient to recase him, it is not certain that he has the same eagerness.
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"ZZ" had let a blank year pass between his two visits to Madrid, and while Didier Deschamps is under contract until the World Cup-2022 with the Blues, football France dreams of a handover between these two sacred monsters .
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Joachim loew
After arguably doing too many years at the helm of Germany, which he took over in 2006, Löw's future remains uncertain.
His last club experience at Tirol Innsbrück in Austria was almost 20 years ago and his lack of experience at a big club on a daily basis would make his appointment at 61 a risky bet.
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Ronald Koeman (Barcelona)
Arrived last summer in Barça shaken by strong turbulence, Koeman certainly won the Copa del Rey in April.
But in the meantime, the president has changed and Joan Laporta, the club's new boss, is openly thinking about the future of the Dutchman, who has a year's contract left.
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"We don't believe in plans or transition seasons. We have spoken to Koeman and will continue to speak to him next week before making a decision," Laporta said on Friday, as former Blaugrana captain Xavi's name was cited as a possible successor.
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