Overview
- Juventus suffered a 2-0 defeat to Genoa on Wednesday that intensified scrutiny of results and prompted CEO Giovanni Carnevali to visit the Continassa training centre and deliver a stern dressing-room message.
- In response to the slump, Spalletti has placed the entire squad in a two-day retreat at the J Hotel, with injured players such as Kenan Yildiz, Manuel Locatelli and Khephren Thuram joining teammates.
- The club publicly maintains support for Spalletti and says it will not sack him for now, even as internal reports say portions of the dressing room are unhappy with his training methods and level of intensity.
- Tactical limits and personnel problems have compounded Juve’s slide, with injuries to key midfielders and a misfiring attack—reported as the 13th-best in the league and heavily reliant on set pieces—cited as core causes of poor results.
- Sunday’s home match with Napoli is being cast as an immediate test of the reset, and failure to respond risks deeper instability for a club already under financial strain after missing last season’s Champions League.