Monza Transfer Market: Ivan Juric Doesn’t Feel His Job Is in Jeopardy
On Friday evening at the Brianteo, Sassuolo arrives on a high after its dramatic victory over Juventus. Ivan Juric, Monza’s head coach, is hoping the Biancorossi will secure their first league win (Birindelli and his teammates have just one point so far) and feels secure in his position.
In the top flight, two coaches have already been fired (Grosso in Florence, replaced by returning veteran Vanoli, and Tedesco in Bologna, where Palladino—who took his first steps as a coach in Brianza—has taken over), while two others are on thin ice (Stroppa, the man who led Monza to its historic first promotion to Serie A, in Venice, and Cuesta in Parma). The Croatian has no fears: “Anything can happen in soccer, but so far our work has been excellent: we’re ahead, in terms of level, of what I would have thought at the start of the season.”
It’s no coincidence that Palladino ended up on Bologna’s bench: the former Monza coach was in the running for the Rossoblù job alongside Roberto D’Aversa, while Stefano Pioli’s candidacy was less prominent. The situation in Bologna had taken a turn for the worse after four disastrous matchdays, with just one point earned—a 2-2 draw against Sassuolo, where Dovbyk’s 91st-minute goal had nullified the Neroverdi’s lead—and three consecutive losses to Lazio, Atalanta, and Napoli—all by a score of 1-0. Palladino has signed a contract running through June 30, 2029.
Cuesta, in Parma, also finds himself in a delicate situation similar to Tedesco’s: just one point in four games, with the Crociati management reportedly having already identified two possible replacements, both former Torino coaches. They are Davide Nicola, currently without a team following his most recent stint at Cremonese, and Roberto D’Aversa, who led the Granata to safety last season after taking over from Marco Baroni following 26 matchdays. The Spaniard is putting everything on the line in the upcoming match against Genoa.
Amid this landscape of managers on the hot seat, Cesc Fabregas and Kosta Runjaic—at the helm of Como and Udinese, respectively—stand out as counterexamples: the former has been in charge since late 2023, the latter since the summer of 2024, and they are the two longest-serving coaches in all of Serie A. This statistic illustrates better than any other just how rare continuity has become in Italian soccer, where most coaches began their tenures only between the summers of 2025 and 2026.
