While there wasn’t a ton of change when it comes to new players on the Juventus roster during the summer transfer window, it certainly was a summer of change for the Bianconeri front office. The group, now led by former Toulouse president Damien Comolli, has been seen the start of change in the director’s box rather than simply a couple of new faces.
And more could very well be on the way in the coming months.
According to Corriere dello Sport on Thursday, Juventus’ shareholders meeting in November
could very well end up being a gathering in which a new club president is announced. That is because Exor CEO John Elkann is expected to continue re-working the front office and board of directors at Juventus, with Comolli potentially looking at a promotion to CEO at the club and Giorgio Chiellini — who is currently Juve’s Head of Football Institutional Relations — maybe even getting a seat on the aforementioned board. Juve could very well be set to name a new president because the man who is currently in that role, Gianluca Ferraro, and CEO Maurizio Scanavino potentially set to move into roles with Exor.
Two names that have been thrown out there as potental candidates to take over as club president, you ask? Only a couple of guys by the name of Alessandro Del Piero and Michel Platini.
There are also mentions by Corriere dello Sport that the new Juventus president could be of the French variety, especially with Comolli and François Modesto — who was hired as the club’s new technical director back in July — currently occupying two of the highest ranking positions in the sporting area.
This isn’t the first time that Del Piero and/or Platini have been linked with Juventus’ president role since Andrea Agnelli left the club abruptly in November 2022 amidst the multiple financial investigations by the FIGC and Italian officials. Many have felt like it’s only a matter of time before Del Piero takes over as Juve president — especially following Agnelli’s departure. Platini, meanwhile, saw his long-term suspension come to an end in March 2025 after having to serve a four-year ban for what CAS ruled as illegal payments from then-FIFA president Sep Blatter.
The line of thinking of that Juventus went with following Agnelli’s departure is that the board of directors and top roles would be filled by more of those with business/financial and legal acumen rather than more of the football-leaning type like a Del Piero or Platini would be. Agnelli, who helped Juve build out of their back-to-back seventh-place finishes and go on to dominate Serie A in the 2010s, was a mixture of the two considering he had spent his whole life around Juventus but also was able to operate the business side of things as well.
What kind of direction Elkann, Agnelli’s cousin and majority owner of Juventus, goes with this decision is going to be quite the decision. If it ends up being somebody with more of a sporting background or even a former player like Del Piero or Platini, it will probably give a clue as to how the club is deeming their stability on a financial level more than it was a few years ago amidst Agnelli and the entire board resigning.
But if the rumors persist that it could be Del Piero or Platini as the new club president, a November shareholders meeting in which the biggest news is usually the financial state of things just got a lot more interesting.
