Massimiliano Allegri staying at Juventus, says club director

By Sam Drury

Image: Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri has been linked with the Chelsea job

Juventus director Beppe Marotta insists that manager Massimiliano Allegri is going nowhere despite reports suggesting he will take over at Chelsea in the summer.

The Stamford Bridge club are looking for a permanent successor to Jose Mourinho with Allegri believed to be their first choice.

However, Marotta has played down suggestions that the Italian will be on the move this summer.

"We have a great rapport with Allegri," he said. "Now the crucial moment of the season is coming up, so we should focus on that.

"In any case, contracts are not as important as the rapport between people. With Allegri the conditions are all there to continue.

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"The team is doing well and improving a great deal."

Allegri, who is rumoured to be learning English ahead of any potential move to the Premier League, won the Serie A title in his first year in charge of AC Milan in 2010/11, spending three-and-a-half years at the club before taking over at Juventus in the summer of 2014.

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Image: Beppe Marotta says Juventus have a 'great rapport' with Allegri

He then helped the Turin club to the league title as well as winning the Coppa Italia and reaching the Champions League final last season, his first in charge of The Old Lady.

Speaking last month, Allegri also distanced himself from claims was set to leave northern Italy.

"My thoughts are on the championship, the Italian Cup and the Champions League," he said. "I have a contract with the club until 2017 and I feel good here."

Asked how it felt to be linked with the Chelsea job, he added: "It feels normal. When you coach a team like Juventus, that's the way it is.

"But I'm fine here and it's only normal that my focus is on what I have to do here."

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