TURIN, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 27: Igor Tudor, Head Coach of Juventus, reacts during the Serie A match between Juventus FC and Atalanta BC at the Allianz Stadium on September 27, 2025 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images)
TURIN, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 27: Igor Tudor, Head Coach of Juventus, reacts during the Serie A match between Juventus FC and Atalanta BC at the Allianz Stadium on September 27, 2025 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images)

Igor Tudor did not hide his feelings when discussing Como and their head coach Cesc Fabregas prior to Juventus’s 2-0 defeat at the Stadio Sinigaglia on Sunday. Football Italia expert Alfredo Pedullà is on hand to explain why the Bianconeri coach went off at his Como counterpart, even if he was unnecessary in doing so. 

Tudor vs. Fabregas: A tiresome rant that leads nowhere 

The transfer market is a beautiful, interesting and oftentimes complicated thing. What’s important is to manage it carefully. 

It’s difficult to believe that Jonathan David, Edon Zhegrova and Lois Openda have all immediately become duds at Juventus. But Igor Tudor has choices to make, and it would be better to make them without aiming digs at Damein Comolli or Cesc Fabregas. 

Prior to the meeting of Como and Juventus on Sunday, Tudor raised eyebrows by labelling his opponents a ‘fake small club’, while adding that they ‘spent a lot, and most importantly, the coach chose all the players that they signed’.

COMO, ITALY - OCTOBER 19: Como 1907 coach Cesc Fabregas and Nico Paz of Como 1907celebrate the victory at the end of the Serie A match between Como 1907 and Juventus FC at Giuseppe Sinigaglia Stadium on October 19, 2025 in Como, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)
COMO, ITALY – OCTOBER 19: Como 1907 coach Cesc Fabregas and Nico Paz of Como 1907celebrate the victory at the end of the Serie A match between Como 1907 and Juventus FC at Giuseppe Sinigaglia Stadium on October 19, 2025 in Como, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

The back story is that Tudor wanted to keep Randal Kolo Muani over the summer due to his goalscoring record and technical abilities.

He had also asked for a new midfielder, which did not come off during the summer transfer window. Additionally, Tudor, ideally, would not have swapped Alberto Costa for Joao Mario. It’s little surprise that the latter has scarcely been used in recent matches. 

VERONA, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 20: Igor Tudor Head Coach of Juventus FC looks on prior to the Serie A match between Hellas Verona FC and Juventus FC at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi on September 20, 2025 in Verona, Italy. (Photo by Francesco Scaccianoce/Getty Images)
VERONA, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 20: Igor Tudor Head Coach of Juventus FC looks on prior to the Serie A match between Hellas Verona FC and Juventus FC at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi on September 20, 2025 in Verona, Italy. (Photo by Francesco Scaccianoce/Getty Images)

The controversy with Fabregas, however, is tiresome and leads nowhere, especially considering that Como are doing extremely well and have made good on all of their transfer operations. 

All Tudor can do for now is to respond with action. The next two matches, against Real Madrid and Lazio, are of m

Alfredo Pedullà

ByAlfredo Pedullà

Alfredo is one of the most highly respected football journalists in Italy, breaking many of the biggest transfer news stories, interviewing the very best players and managers and presenting his analysis on numerous football programmes on Italian television.

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