European football giants Juventus have poached highly regarded Adelaide Crows fitness boss Darren Burgess.

The Italian Serie A club announced Burgess as their new director of performance in the early hours of Thursday morning (AEST).

“He will work closely with Damien Comolli, Giorgio Chiellini, François Modesto, Igor Tudor and across all the technical areas and every age group of the Club to form a high-level team dedicated to promoting excellence in performance, innovation and athlete wellbeing,” Juventus said in a statement.

The move is a big blow for Adelaide, whose pursuit of Melbourne midfielder Christian Petracca may have also taken a hit as a result of the departure.

Burgess was the high performance boss at the Demons in their 2021 premiership year, when Petracca won the Nor

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