The managerial carousel in Serie A is already in full swing.
This summer will prove to be one of major upheaval for many Italian clubs, with managers leaving and joining different sides.
Most of the top eight could, in fact, have new coaches in the dugout come the start of the 2025-26 campaign.
The main story revolves around Juventus’ desire to bring Napoli boss Antonio Conte back to Turin. Conte left the club under a cloud in 2014 and has never returned.
Now, on the back of winning yet another league title, this time with Napoli, the current management at the Bianconeri are attempting to bring him back.
Napoli owner Aurelio De Laurentiis, meanwhile, is trying desperately to keep hold of him. Should Juve fail in their mission to bring Conte back, then they might have to stick with current boss Igor Tudor, who guided the club to fourth place this season.
Napoli had earmarked former Juventus coach Max Allegri as a plan B should Conte leave. Yet it appears Allegri is on the verge of rejoining Milan.
Allegri coached the Rossoneri from 2010 to 2014 and after a disastrous season in which they failed to qualify for Europe, the club need a safe pair of hands and found it in the serial winner.
Roma, who cycled through three managers last season, waved goodbye to Claudio Ranieri and is believed to be closing in on Gian Piero Gasperini, who could be set to leave Atalanta after nine hugely successful years.
Gasperini is thought to lack motivation in Bergamo after bringing home the club’s first ever European trophy a year ago and needs a new challenge.
Rumours state that Atalanta might turn to former Lazio and Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri, as well as former Milan coach Stefano Pioli, as a potential replacement for Gasperini.
Inter, who will be in the Champions League final this weekend, could lose manager Simone Inzaghi to Saudi Arabia outfit Al-Hilal, with a mammoth contract supposedly offered to the Italian.
Vincenzo Italiano, who was Milan’s first choice, has decided to remain at Bologna, signing a new deal that will see him stay at the club until 2027.
Italiano secured the Rossoblu’s first trophy since 1974, and will be eager to build on the success of last season into the next.
Fiorentina is another club in search of a new manager after Raffaele Palladino surprisingly resigned from his post just weeks after signing a new deal.
It’s unclear why the former Monza coach quit, but it now means La Viola are also looking for a new coach.
Lazio, who failed to qualify for Europe on the final weekend of the Serie A season, might dispense with current boss Marco Baroni as a result.
Baroni had started the season well with Lazio, but the Biancocelesti endured a nightmare end to the season, failing to win a single game at home and being eliminated from the Europa League by Norwegian outfit Bodo Glimt on penalties.
The domino effect is well under way in Serie A, and the ripples will be felt for weeks and months to come.