Former Juventus full-back Alessandro Birindelli has welcomed the appointment of former teammate Andrea Pirlo as coach.
Pirlo has been named coach after last week's sacking of Maurizio Sarri.
“Juventus made the decision in unsuspecting times," Birindelli told TuttoJuve, “there was already an idea to change things, for a thousand reasons.
“Sarri has never managed to get his ideas across and the relationship with the players and the environment itself, perhaps Juventus is his really too heavy.
“Is Pirlo a risk? They took some risks, but the club decided to take the path of a 'renewal'. I think there have been wide-ranging evaluations, Pirlo's choice is certainly due to a joint decision. That's what he was looking for, for the near future.
“Was I surprised? Here, however, we must make a reasoning: if the coach is to be the most present and direct figure with the players, I think Pirlo may have all the qualities to do this since he was a leader in the locker room when he was a footballer.
“The club will have to be good at building a quality staff around him in order to file that inexperience he currently possesses. I think this is a very correct choice, so Andrea will have more freedom to be a communicator and embody the figure of the manager who is becoming more and more important in today's football."