Overview
- Atalanta dismissed Ivan Juric roughly a day after a 0-3 home loss to Sassuolo and issued an official thank-you to him and his staff.
- Raffaele Palladino signed as Atalanta head coach until June 30, 2027 and begins work immediately with a staff blending his picks and club holdovers.
- Antonio Conte remains in charge at Napoli after a searing post-match critique in Bologna in which he lamented a lack of chemistry and used the phrase about not wanting to “accompany a dead man.”
- Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis publicly rejected talk of Conte’s resignation, voiced trust on X, and spoke by phone with Conte and sporting director Pierpaolo Manna.
- Betting firms cut odds on Conte leaving by January, while reporting noted high-value signings left on the bench and highlighted concerns over his demanding methods raised by Stanislav Lobotka’s agent.