2 July 2010

Giovanni Rossi: «Objective: forging Juve standard players»

He is 44 years old and was born in Marina di Carrara. Giovanni Rossi, the new Youth Sector manager, came from Sassuolo, where he was sports director. Now he is ready for a new exciting challenge, proud of having been called by Giuseppe Marotta.

Speaking to Hurrà Juventus, he told the story of how he was a player and then a manager and of his first days at Juventus, a club which invests a great deal on youngsters: «This is how it should be. Besides, during a world economic crisis, it is the route that all clubs should undertake. Juventus is already used to this, because the Juventus youth sector has a great tradition». The objective? «Forging players of Juve standard – continued Rossi. – Usually in a great team it is not easy for the youngsters from the youth team to find room, but Juventus in recent years showed the contrary, and not to speak of young players of Juventus playing in various other Italian clubs. The nursery is important, both for an eventual role in the senior squad as well as the possibility of having players to exchange».

Asked what impressed him the most in his first days at Juve, Rossi had no doubts: «The general context and the fact that the club is so well ahead when it comes to facilities from the Juventus Center in Vinovo to the stadium which is being built». Amongst the first persons he met at the headquarters was Gianluca Pessotto, with whom the work relationship will be very close: «I did not know him. I got to know him here. The thing that struck me most about him is his love for Juventus and the total availability he has for this club».