‘He is screwed now’ – Gennaro Gattuso on Andrea Pirlo taking up as the role of manager at Allianz Stadium


‘He is screwed now’ – Gennaro Gattuso on Andrea Pirlo taking up as the role of manager at Allianz Stadium

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Gennaro Gattuso cautioned head coach Andrea Pirlo of Juventus that his legendary achievements as a player would be counted for nothing after he took up the new role at Turin.

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Italian Champions Juventus have appointed Andrea Pirlo as Juve’s head coach just few hours after the sacking of Maurizio Sarri.

Despite winning a ninth successive Serie A title last month, Sarri was sacked. The reason being not managing his side to glory in his first season in-charge at the European stage.

Bianconeri’ failure to even match last season’s quarter-finals performance in the Champions League resulted in the sacking of the 61-year old from Turin.

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Pirlo was appointed as Head coach for Juve’s U-23 squad before taking in charge of the senior side. The Napoli manager believes his former team-mate at Milan and Italy would have a difficult time being as a manager than being a player.

Gattuso told Sky Italia:

“Well he’s screwed now… That’s the job.

“He’s lucky to be starting at Juventus, but this profession is one where a great playing career is not enough.

“You have to study, to work hard, and you don’t get much sleep.”

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“Being a player and being a coach is really not the same thing at all.

“It’s a totally different profession and we can’t learn it just from books, we need to get in there and work hard. It’s a different world.”

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