Italian giants Juventus has named THIAGO MOTTA as their new coach, replacing MASSIMILIANO ALLEGRI who was sacked last month.

The 41 years old MOTTA was previously in charge at Serie A rivals Bologna.

Last season, he led the team to fifth place in Serie A and qualified them for the Champions League for the first time.

The former Italian international was part of the squad which finished runner-up at the 2012 European championships. He was also a five-time French champion with PSG and played in Champions League winning teams at Barcelona and Inter Milan.

Juve will be his fourth club as coach after Genoa in 2019, where he only stayed three months before being fired with a record of just one victory in ten matches, and La Spezia in 2021-22 and Bologna.