Juventus officially part company with technical director Modesto
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Juventus have officially parted company with technical director Modesto, marking a significant structural change at the club.
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Attributed to original sourceJuventus have officially announced that Francois Modesto has left his position as technical director, just shy of a year after he was brought to the club by former CEO Damien Comolli.
Official: Modesto is no longer Juventus’s technical director Modesto was appointed on July 15 in 2025 and has had his departure confirmed 360 days later following a restructuring of the Juventus senior management team.
Giovanni Carnevali has replaced Modesto as CEO, Frederic Massara has recently been appointed as the club’s Chief Football Officer, while Marco Ottolini continues in the role of sporting director. Giorgio Chiellini has also recently been promoted to the role of Chief Club Affairs Officer, signalling an all-Italian leadership team on the sporting side of the club.
This means that there is no longer any room for Modesto, who has followed Comolli out of the club after one disappointing season at the helm.
“Juventus announces that a mutual agreement has been reached with Francois Modesto for the termination of his position as the Club’s Technical Director, effective immediately,” read a statement on the club website.
SASSUOLO, ITALY – JANUARY 06: (L-R) Francois Modesto, Technical Director, Marco Ottolini, Sporting Director and Damien Comolli, General Manager talk prior to the Serie A match between US Sassuolo Calcio and Juventus FC at Mapei Stadium Citta del Tricolore on January 06, 2026 in Sassuolo, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images) “The Club would like to thank Francois for the dedication and professionalism he showed during his time in the role, and wish him the very best in his professional future and personal endeavours.”
Before his time with Juventus, Modesto had served as the technical director at Monza between 2022 and 2025, as the technical director at Nottingham Forest between 2019 and 2022, and in various scouting roles with Olympiacos between 2016 and 2022.
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What happened
Juventus have confirmed the departure of their technical director Modesto. The decision is official, suggesting a mutual or unilateral end to his tenure at the Turin club. This represents a front-office change during a period in which Juventus have been working to restructure their sporting operations. The club has not yet announced a replacement, leaving a key technical leadership position vacant.
Chance analysis
The departure of a technical director at a club of Juventus' stature signals potential strategic recalibration in recruitment, scouting, and squad planning. Technical directors shape long-term transfer policy and youth development frameworks, so this vacancy could impact Juventus' upcoming transfer windows and squad-building decisions. For prediction systems, the key downstream effects are uncertainty around future transfer targets, potential interim structures, and possible shifts in playing personnel philosophy.
Juventus lose a key figure in their sporting hierarchy, creating short-term uncertainty in recruitment and squad-planning leadership.
Monitor Juventus' subsequent appointment closely, as it will signal the club's sporting direction ahead of the next transfer window.