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Tudor’s offers first Juventus press convention: ‘I want I had a 10-year contract’

Igor Tudor has confused the significance of attending to work ‘shortly’ at Juventus after changing Thiago Motta as interim head coach, has outlined the place the Bianconeri want to enhance and jokes that he would love a ‘10-year contract’ on the Allianz Stadium.

Tudor on Sunday, set to work on the coaching floor on Monday, welcomed his worldwide gamers again on Wednesday and gave his introductory press convention on Thursday.

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He started his chat with the press with a message of due to the Juventus board for his appointment: “I thank the director, the entire membership for this chance and the possibility to educate this membership. I’ll give every part I’ve to do the job that must be achieved,” Tudor stated, reported through .

Igor Tudor takes cost of his first coaching session with Juventus after changing Thiago Motta as head coach, March 24 2025. (Image: through www.jventus.com)

“There are many feelings in fact. Everybody desires to educate Juve. However most significantly, there’s a job to do, a job that wants doing effectively if we’re to realize the aim, and everyone knows what that’s.

“I consider on this crew loads, we’ve got sturdy gamers, however little time to work. Everybody arrived yesterday, first coaching. There aren’t any excuses, I’ve by no means seemed for one in my life, I search for challenges and obligations. That’s how we’ll begin.”

Tudor: ‘I want I had a 10-year contract’ 

Cristiano Giuntoli and Igor Tudor in dialog throughout Juventus coaching on March 24, 2025 (image through www.juventus.com)

Tudor went on to supply an evaluation of himself as a coach.

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“I think about myself a coach. I began teaching fairly early on in my profession due to accidents. I’ve already been overseas for a number of years. I could be a bit specific, however I make selections with my coronary heart. I come, contract or no contract. If I really feel it’s proper, I proceed, if it’s not proper, I’m going dwelling. However that has nothing to do with the state of affairs right here.

“We reside within the current, even on this line of labor. Having a 10-year contract wouldn’t change a lot. I want I had a 10-year contract, however I nonetheless need to do my job. We now have a match on Saturday, we’re motivating ourselves, that’s the lifetime of a coach. We will’t management what occurs sooner or later. I reside for at present’s coaching.”

What does Tudor want to enhance at Juventus? 

Journalists requested Tudor the place issues had gone improper for Juventus earlier than his appointment, however the coach was unwilling to insult his predecessor, Thiago Motta.

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“I don’t wish to touch upon what occurred earlier than, within the sense that I’ll see it once I get to work. Explaining why one thing was or wasn’t working shouldn’t be well mannered on my half.”

FLORENCE, ITALY – MARCH 16: Head coach Thiago Motta of Juventus seems on through the Serie A match between Fiorentina and Juventus at Stadio Artemio Franchi on March 16, 2025 in Florence, Italy. (Photograph by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Photographs)

He did provide one a part of the Juventus recreation the place he feels issues could be improved, although: “I like set-pieces and it’s an necessary half defensively and offensively. Set items will earn you increasingly more factors transferring forwards. It’s a element that’s develop into more and more necessary in fashionable soccer. We have to work on it, we’ve got to work on that facet.”

Tudor later spoke concerning the significance of lightening the temper within the Juventus camp: “We have to work with everybody and produce a way of lightheartedness. On the identical time, we additionally have to work from a tactical perspective. Nastiness, but in addition in the appropriate areas. (We now have to) Work on all elements and never neglect something whereas going shortly, conscious of who we symbolize, however we’ve got to be quick.”

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“We don’t have to surrender on something. I would like individuals to have enjoyable. I all the time wish to rating yet one more aim. I wish to assault loads, however I don’t wish to concede both. The work must be full. Soccer has to go in a route the place it turns into more and more extra thrilling, extra attention-grabbing, the world is more and more demanding. Everybody watches loads of video games now and it may well develop into boring. I see and I learn it. I believe we have to go in that (thrilling) route, however we will’t neglect the stability.

Tudor on Juventus leaders and alter in soccer tradition 

Tudor confirmed that transferring forwards, however has not but acquired a full image of his management construction among the many taking part in squad, provided that he has solely had one coaching session with the total crew thus far.

EMPOLI, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 14: Manuel Locatelli of Juventus reacts through the Serie A match between Empoli and Juventus at Stadio Carlo Castellani on September 14, 2024 in Empoli, Italy. (Photograph by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Photographs)

He additionally went on to explain how the tradition round soccer golf equipment has modified over the previous couple of a long time.

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“I met a few of them for the primary time yesterday, I can’t inform you what individuals are like after two or three hours.

“The tradition is completely different to 20-30 years in the past, there was extra character in all places. We’ve seen a path of change, and now there are many gamers. When there are many gamers collectively, it may well decelerate the expansion of the crew. That has been considerably underestimated.

“No person offers a rattling in case you’re younger or outdated at Juventus, you must be sturdy. Juve is a membership that does the appropriate issues by making the appropriate selections with the appropriate individuals. I’ve been round and I didn’t all the time see that. For those who choose the improper individual, you don’t do effectively. This has all the time been a power right here, ranging from above. This tradition, Del Piero, Zidane, the humility of those individuals, Montero. All those I bear in mind.

“Everybody has to take duty. The captain will probably be Locatelli. We’ll make two or three others within the coming days. They arrived yesterday. Manuel is a stand-up, first rate man. He has the appropriate abilities to do it.”

Tudor’s Zidane and Del Piero anecdotes

Tudor additionally supplied two anecdotes that pinpoint the second he really felt like a Juventus participant for the primary time throughout his first stint with the membership.

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“I used to be speaking to Perin about it yesterday, I got here in at 20 years outdated. We had Zidane within the locker room. I’d sit there ready for remedy, there are all these guys who rise up after which it’s my flip. I see Zizou and I go away, he grabs me and tells me ‘you’re up, I’ll come later’.

29 Aug 1999: Zinedine Zidane of Juventus through the Serie A match towards Reggina on the Stadio Delle Alpi in Turin, Italy. The sport ended 1-1. Obligatory Credit score: Claudio Villa /Allsport

“One other good one: I’d take my socks off after coaching, and Del Piero would are available and inform me ‘look, you must put them on like this, you must flip them round.’ Why would he do this? It doesn’t value something. Two good issues that present their humility.”

Tudor ended his press convention with a phrase for the Juventus supporters: “The followers have all the time been necessary and I’m certain they are going to help us on Saturday, as a result of the membership (and its supporters) love one another. They care about us and I’m certain we’ll play a great recreation. The match will probably be tough towards Vieira, who’s doing very effectively.”