Three Juventus players returned early from international duty for work under Tudor | OneFootball

Three Juventus players returned to Juventus training ahead of schedule following their international commitments in order to get to work under new head coach Igor Tudor according to reports in Italy.

Three Juventus players return early from international duty

As per La Gazzetta dello Sport, Dusan Vlahovic, Nico Gonzalez and Federico Gatti were all back in Juventus training on Tuesday, earlier than originally expected.

The trio had just returned from their national teams – Serbia, Argentina and Italy respectively, and had originally been given a day off, but decided to waive that option in order to get to work under the new coach.

Tudor was officially appointed as head coach of Juventus on Sunday, on an interim basis until the end of the 2024-25 season. He replaces Thiago Motta, who was dismissed on the same day following a poor start to life at the helm in Turin, which left the Old Lady out of the Champions League, Coppa Italia and at risk of missing out on the Serie A top four.

Igor Tudor takes charge of his first training session at Continassa after replacing Thiago Motta as head coach, March 24 2025. (Picture: @juventus via X)

The statements came in on Sunday, Motta and his staff cleared out their lockers on Monday, and Tudor began his first training session with a limited number of senior players later on that same day.

Tudor only had nine first-team regulars available during his first training session due to the international break, but the Juve squad are beginning to return to Continassa ahead of the Serie A match against Genoa coming up on Saturday.