Juve, BBC is back! What will Barzagli, Bonucci and Chiellini do in the new Juventus course

The Lady dusts off the BBC. Not on the pitch, even if Igor Tudor would be happy with it for Udinese, but to strengthen Juventus at all levels. Fascinating project: Juve to the Juventus fans and those who have written recent history like Giorgio Chiellini, Leonardo Bonucci and Andrea Barzagli. Legendary and super-scudetto-winning trio. As players they compensated each other, one next to the other, transforming the tactical intuition of Antonio Conte (2011-12) into a collection of trophies. Now the idea at the top levels of Juventus is to restore the black and white DNA by bringing the legendary trio back "home". If Chiellini - the "C" of the BBC - has already re-embraced the club and the owners are entrusting him with ever greater responsibilities, for the two "B"s they are thinking of more technical roles. For Bonucci, the youngest of the three and the last to finish playing football in 2024, they are thinking of a place in the new first team staff. Even more so if the dream of bringing Antonio Conte back to the bench were to come true. Juventus would gladly entrust Barzagli with the leadership of a youth team. Reuniting the trio is more than a suggestion. There has already been some talk and the scenario is intriguing. A question of being Juventus, but also of values. With the first piece (Chiellini) advanced, work is underway to complete the puzzle.

Barzagli, Bonucci and Chiellini worked - and won - at Juventus because they were strong, with human and technical values ​​and with different characteristics. And the same could happen in their second life in black and white. Giorgio, after the run-in as head of institutional relations for the club, will have more weight in Juventus' decisions, including those in the sporting area: he will increasingly support technical director Cristiano Giuntoli. Barzagli and Bonucci, on the other hand, are seen on the bench. So Juventus would be very happy to welcome back two other key men both on the pitch and in the locker room in the past. Chiellini knows this well, having shared everything with Andrea and Leonardo, but the calibre of the two BBC "Bs" is also known to the upper echelons of the club and to John Elkann himself.

Bonucci – 8 Scudetti with Juventus, like Barzagli – ended his career between Berlin and Istanbul in 2024. Just a few months of vacation and then immediately determined to build a path in stages with the goal of becoming a top coach as well. «My dream is to arrive on the Juve bench sooner or later», he explained several times. More or less what Antonio Conte said when he stopped playing and began his apprenticeship: from the Siena staff to Serie B to the Scudetti in series. Leo is also in no hurry: he wants to take the right and gradual steps, also because he stopped recently and in this first phase of his post-career he does not intend to distance himself too much from his wife Martina and children, who are in love with Turin. This year Bonucci began his second life on the staff of the Italy Under 20 of coach Bernardo Corradi, where he is a technical assistant, learning a lot and getting a lot of satisfaction. At Juventus, also for a matter of the heart, he would have a hard time saying no regardless and especially if it were the mentor Conte to propose a role in his work group. But the idea could take off in any case. The same goes for Barzagli, fresh from the experience in Maurizio Sarri's staff at Juventus (2019-20) and the more recent one as a commentator for Dazn. The former number 15 had decided to coach last summer starting from the Fiorentina youth system. In the end, nothing came of it and Andrea had a sabbatical year. The temptation to test himself as a youth coach resists and at Juventus they would be ready to throw open the door of their home for him.