Former Roma sports chief Gianluca Petrachi expects Max Allegri to remain as Juventus coach.

Speculation around Allegri's position continues ahead of the end of the season.

But Petrachi told TMW: "It's been three years who say that Allegri has to leave, and in the end he is respecting his contract.

"I think he will stay this year too, because he has an important and onerous contract. To leave, one either gives up money or gives him an incentive to leave. I don't know what plans Juve has, but there is a coach who earns more than seven million net a year.

"Unless Allegri has another international team ready to give him that salary, I'm struggling to think that Juve will send him away, paying another coach who in the end doesn't earn much, because in the end they don't hire just anyone. So I don't think Allegri will leave."