Live: Spalletti’s 1st press conference as Juventus coach

Comolli: “My Italian hasn’t improved much, so I apologise. Welcome to the unveiling press conference of our coach, Luciano Spalletti. We are glad to welcome him for many reasons. Naturally, he is a great expert on Italian football, you know his career, which has been successful in different clubs and environments.

“He’s a person who can bring forward the football brand. We have agreed to a contract until the end of the season with an option to extend. What we discussed with Luciano is that the option, the agreement, is a potential long-term collaboration. Luciano and I understood that this is the right approach. During the season, we can sit down and decide how to continue.

“We hired Spalletti for what he achieved in the past, the playing style is important too. How did we make this decision? Giorgio, François and I are in constant dialogue with the owners. We felt the team needed a new coach, and we unanimously decided that Spalletti was the perfect candidate to continue this adventure. The fact that all three and the owners were on the same page was crucial in the decisional process. There’s not one centimetre of distance between us in the decisional process.”