Former Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon believes Luciano Spalletti is still the right man to lead the club, saying: “If you fire five of them in four years, the problem can’t just be the coach.”
Spalletti is under pressure following Juventus’ poor start to the season as they lost 3-0 to Lazio in Serie A at the weekend.
The defeat leaves them eighth in the league table with 11 points, eight behind Inter and Lazio, who are level on points at the top.
Juventus have lost two of their last five Serie A home games (2D 1D), as many as they had lost in their previous 44 top-flight matches at the Allianz Stadium (24D18).
Spalletti has overseen back-to-back wins to start the Europa League campaign, but there is already discontent surrounding his position, although Buffon believes it would be a mistake to drop him.
“If I have one hope, it is to see Spalletti continue his work until the end,” he told La Gazzetta dello Sport.
“If you fire five of them in four years, the problem can’t just be the coach.
“It may not be the strongest Juventus we’ve ever seen, but it’s taking [Kenan] star, [Manuel] Locatelli, [Marcus] Thuram, [Jeff] Ekhator, [Arkadiusz] and is the owner [Kamil] It would be like buying Grabara [Fabio] Cannavaro, Buffon, [Francesco] Totti, [Alessandro] In this and [Andrea] Pirlo is away from Italy.
“They have to rebuild and they are missing instead. Luciano never makes excuses, but he played after a long trip after three days from Celta Vigo and coming home at five in the morning.”
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Juventus have collected just 11 points from their first seven Serie A games, the third time in the last 11 seasons that they have failed to clear the mark after the first seven games, following 2021-22 (11 points) and 2022-23 (10).
At this stage, reports suggest that Juventus will continue to back Spalletti, while defender Bremer apologized for his post-match performance against Lazio.
He accused some of his team-mates of being “scared” and “hiding”, but Buffon also understood the defender’s frustration.
“I did it too and it was always instinctive,” Buffon said.
“I never planned a speech; I always thought it was right to speak on the spot. I knew I had to say certain things at certain times.
“I understand Bremer’s craziness. However, when you talk, you always have to be in a position where you’re the one who gives the most and can land some punches.
“But you have to question yourself first. Sometimes I had to swear.”