Club already lining up replacements if manager leaves for Arsenal

Tuttosport are reporting that Juventus have three names in mind if current manager Massimiliano Allegri leaves the club this summer.

They report that the Bianconeri are lining up Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone, Roma boss Luciano Spalletti and former player and now Fiorentina manager Paulo Sousa as possible successors.

Italian website Calciomercato.com also say they have an exclusive that the Italian has already agreed to depart at the end of the season with Arsenal his likely destination. They also report however that a move to Tottenham or the Chinese Super League could be on the cards for the Juve boss.

Allegri’s Juventus are currently seven points clear at the top of Serie A and the manager looks set to make it a hat-trick of league titles after taking over from Antonio Conte in 2014. He has been heavily linked with Arsenal after the Daily Express reported last month that he was in “advanced talks” to takeover from Arsene Wenger at the end of the season.

For his part the Gunners boss has so far refused to comment on his future at the Emirates with his current contract set to expire at the end of the current campaign.