Bonucci confesses the fight with Allegri in 2017: He called me a b*tch, they came in to separate us

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Bonucci confesses the fight with Allegri in 2017: He called me a b*tch, they
Leonardo Bonucci

Leonardo Bonucci, in an interview for Prime Video, tells his version of the fierce argument with former coach Massimiliano Allegri, which occurred after a Juventus-Palermo in 2017.

At the end of that season, the former defender would move to Milan for a year, before returning to Juventus.

"Marchisio had just returned from a knee ligament injury and in the 60th minute he was exhausted. I said to him: 'Claudio, ask to be substituted' - explained Bonucci -. He didn't want to, so I signalled to Allegri: 'Change the number 8 because he's finished'. After 5 minutes, he replaced Sturaro with Rincon. I made gestures at him and he sent me to hell: 'Think about becoming a footballer,' he also told me that I was a b*tch, or something like that. There's footage of that."

What happened in the locker room?

After the final whistle, the situation erupted in the dressing room. “After the match I went inside and confronted the assistant Landucci, who tried to stop me, but I pushed him and forced my way into the dressing room,” Bonucci continued. “We attacked each other until they separated us. Then I said to him: you don’t understand what I meant. He got angry again and they took me out. That was it.”

The feud ended, but former captain Bonucci's relationship with Juventus was severely damaged. "He wanted me out of the team, but the management intervened. I lost the match against Porto, then I started playing again, but something was already broken. In an attempt to mediate, they told me that I was important and that the coach's contract was expiring. But before the Cardiff final, they renewed the contract with the coach Allegri. Which, to be honest, was fair."

In the end, it was said that I had “made a mess in the dressing room at Cardiff”. “Then I called the director and said: ‘I am an asset to the club, don’t you think it is appropriate to deny this, since nothing has happened?’ He said: ‘We don’t have to say anything.’ Something broke and on July 20, 2017, the shocking transfer to Milan for 42 million euros happened: a turbulent season and then a return to Juventus, who had also bought Cristiano Ronaldo to aim (unsuccessfully) for the Champions League”.


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