Luciano Spalletti has managed several of Italy’s top clubs, including AS Roma, Napoli and Inter Milan, before becoming Juventus manager last year. His experience at different clubs gives him a clear understanding of the differences between them.
Juventus are the biggest club in Italian football, and winning the league with the Bianconeri could provide Spalletti with the success he wants in Turin. The club remain hopeful that he can bring trophies back to Juventus.
In 2023, Spalletti achieved a lifelong ambition by winning the Scudetto with Napoli. Juventus believe he can replicate that success with their team and help them return to the top.
The Italian manager has also built a reputation for stabilising teams and improving them from the level at which he found them. Juventus continue to trust him despite his failure to guide them into the top four at the end of last season.
Spalletti explains Juventus difference
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Asked about the difference between managing Juventus and his previous clubs, Spalletti said via [Football Italia](https://football-italia.net/spalletti-juventus-roma-inter-napoli/):
“At Roma I coached a fanbase, at Napoli you coach a city. At Inter a tradition, with the national team a people. At Juve you coach a mentality: it’s the history of football.
“Here there’s the Juventus mode. It isn’t just an impetuous emotion. It’s joy, pride and responsibility, feelings that never leave me alone. It’s the never-banal intensity of exaggerated sadness and overwhelming happiness. You mustn’t live only on football, but on Juventus. We compete with our own level and not with others.”
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Juventus expect Spalletti success
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Spalletti’s comments underline the different expectations he has experienced during his career and the particular mentality he believes exists at Juventus.
The Bianconeri will expect him to use his experience to build a team capable of challenging for major honours. His previous success with Napoli provides Juventus with encouragement that he can deliver another league title.
However, he will need to improve on last season’s results and ensure the team returns to the top of Italian football.
For Juventus, the hope is that Spalletti can establish a winning mentality and guide the club towards the success they expect.