Giuntoli pays for Juventus transfer mistakes including 50m Aston Villa flop

Originally posted on Football Italia | By Lorenzo Bettoni | Last updated May 30, 2025 4:49 AM ET

Juventus are set to part ways with Cristiano Giuntoli, who has paid for his transfer mistakes, particularly the expensive acquisitions of Teun Koopmeiners, Douglas Luiz, and Nico Gonzalez.

Juventus Chief Football Officer Giuntoli is set to leave the Allianz Stadium.

Italian media have described Club owner John Elkann as being very disappointed by the results obtained by the team this season and the transfer decisions made by the former Napoli director.

As reported in Friday’s printed edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport, Giuntoli pays a high price, primarily for three transfer mistakes.

Juventus paid over €134m for the likes of Koopmeiners, Douglas Luiz and Nico Gonzalez, but all of them failed to justify their hefty price tag.

Douglas Luiz even failed to score or assist in 26 appearances across all competitions, missing 20 matches due to injuries.

The Brazilian joined Juventus for €50m last summer, but the cash fee paid by the Bianconeri was lowered to circa €28m when Enzo Barrenechea and Samuel Iling-Junior moved to Aston Villa on separate permanent deals.

Hiring Thiago Motta also proved to be an error from Giuntoli as the ex-Italy international was sacked in March, forcing the owners to provide a €15m capital increase to cover the losses.

Juventus are set to hire Damien Comolli as their new General Manager and promote Giorgio Chiellini. At the same time, ex-Juventus director Matteo Tognozzi, now at Granada, could return to Turin to replace Giuntoli as the Old Lady’s sporting director.

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This article first appeared on Football Italia and was syndicated with permission.

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