Spalletti puts an end to Juventus pre-match press conferences in Serie A

BERGAMO, ITALY – FEBRUARY 05: Luciano Spalletti, Head Coach of Juventus, seems to be on previous to the Coppa Italia Quarter-Closing match between Atalanta BC and Juventus FC on the New Stability Area on February 05, 2026 in Bergamo, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Pictures)

Juventus are making ready for considered one of their greatest video games of the season in opposition to Inter within the Derby d’Italia on Saturday night, however Bianconeri head coach Luciano Spalletti has determined in opposition to giving a customary pre-match press convention forward of the Serie A crunch match.

Why will Spalletti not communicate to the media earlier than Inter vs. Juventus?

Spalletti is not going to tackle the media earlier than the Inter vs. Juventus match in San Siro, and can as a substitute ship captain Manuel Locatelli to present the pre-match evaluation at round 14.00 GMT (15.00 CET) on Friday afternoon.

In accordance with TMW, it is because Spalletti must give a compulsory pre-match press convention on Monday forward of Juve’s Champions League play-off spherical tie in opposition to Galatasaray anyway.

To ‘keep away from’ having the top coach chatting with the media twice inside three days, Juventus have determined to ship considered one of their senior gamers to do the Serie A press convention as a substitute.

Thursday’s studies declare that this follow is more likely to proceed till the tip of the season. TMW expects that the Previous Woman will ship a special participant to talk to the media earlier than Juventus’s following Serie A match in opposition to Como on February 21.

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