16th June 2026
June 16 – Juventus have confirmed the appointment of Giovanni Carnevali as Chief Executive, with Damien Comolli departing the club by mutual agreement after just over a year in post. The move, first reported on June 12 by Gianluca Albanese, marks another reshuffle at the top of one of Italian football’s most scrutinised institutions.
Market reporting confirms Juventus agreed to pay Comolli a gross €850,000 severance, while simultaneously waiving any right to reclaim a sign-on bonus referenced in his employment letter dated June 1, 2025. The board’s framing of a “mutual agreement” rather than a dismissal points to an orderly handover rather than a crisis-driven removal.
Comolli arrived in June 2025 as an external appointment intended to bring a data-driven approach to Juventus’s sporting operations, which was a major departure from the club’s more traditional Italian football instincts. His tenure coincided with persistent governance instability and a damaging Champions League failure that sharpened scrutiny on every decision flowing out of the front office.
Carnevali’s arrival represents a decisive pivot back toward an experienced Italian operator. He built his reputation across more than two decades at Sassuolo and Mapei Football, overseeing a club model widely admired for punching above its financial weight through intelligent recruitment and a coherent sporting identity. Juventus’s official statement described him as a “highly respected and widely regarded executive,” and the stock market agreed, with Juventus shares rising 3.9 per cent following the announcement.
With the transfer window open and current coach Luciano Spalletti’s position under ongoing scrutiny, Carnevali inherits immediate questions over who now drives recruitment from the top, and whether he will operate alongside a Sporting Director or consolidate authority himself. His first public remarks, and his first window decisions, will set the tone as another revolving-door chapter to the Bianconeri’s recent boardroom story begins.