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Marco Ottolini is on the verge of leaving Genoa and remains a genuine candidate for the Juventus sporting director role.
Genoa director Ottolini is set to leave the club. His farewell has already been decided and only needs to be formally confirmed now. I already reported on Thursday that disagreements between Ottolini and the club would lead to this ending.
Genoa offered Ottolini a contract extension over the last few weeks, but the Italian director took time as he was fascinated by a possible move to Juventus.
The Serie A giants have yet to appoint a new sporting director. Before Juventus-Udinese, Giorgio Chiellini said the club would soon make a decision, and Ottolini is now moving quickly towards that appointment.
It’s just a shame that his time at Genoa ended in such traumatic circumstances after a disastrous start to the season.
Genoa sit at the rock bottom of the table with just three points in nine matches, the worst start to a Serie A campaign in the club’s history in the three-point era.
Ottolini will leave Genoa in the worst possible way, even if CEO Andres Blazquez has always had decisional powers when it came to negotiations.
Genoa will hire ex-Lens director Diego Lopez to replace Ottolini.
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