Juventus Owned
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http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/paperssay.html
I wonder how many players will be bought at the fee of less than 5m -
The real deal?
Wah, imagine Gianluigi Buffon, Pavel Nedved, David Trezeguet, Patrick Vieira on sale......
Liverpool shall grab Patrick Vieira on the cheap.
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I thought the verdict of the investigators only comes after the WC?
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LOL.. those names look very 30-ish to me, except trezeguetOriginally posted by CoolMyth:The real deal?
Wah, imagine Gianluigi Buffon, Pavel Nedved, David Trezeguet, Patrick Vieira on sale......
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ROME, June 23 (Reuters) - Champions Juventus almost certainly face relegation as a result of Italy's match-fixing scandal while AC Milan may receive lighter punishment, media said on Friday.
The Football Federation's (FIGC) prosecutor charged Juventus, AC Milan, Fiorentina and Lazio, as well as 26 individuals, on Thursday. They will appear before a sports tribunal in a trial starting on June 29.
The FIGC issued its ruling after Italy secured a place in the second round of the World Cup by beating the Czech Republic 2-0. The combination, as one television commentator put it, was 'heaven in Germany and hell in Rome'.
Former Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi, former Juventus CEO Antonio Giraudo and Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani were among those ordered to appear before the tribunal, their clubs said.
La Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper said the charge that Moggi sought to influence refereeing appointments to benefit Juventus left the Turin giants in an extremely perilous position.
'It is a terrible accusation, something that could send the club down to Serie C,' the paper said.
Juventus, 29 times champion of Italy, said late on Thursday it would study the charges and reserved the right to defend itself. But unlike AC Milan, it did not reject the accusations.
The two main charges - sporting fraud and violating fairness and probity - can be punished by fines, bans and relegations.
The hearing will take place at Rome's Olympic Stadium. The federation has said the verdicts will be delivered between July 7 and 9 - the latter being the day of the World Cup final.
Juventus shares, which have lost about half their value since the scandal broke in early May, initially bounced higher on short-covering on the Milan bourse. But by 1014 GMT they were down 0.75 percent at 1.32 euros.
According to media which obtained the prosecutor's charge sheet, all four clubs were accused of 'sporting fraud'.
Moggi and Giraudo face charges of sporting fraud and also of violating rules governing fairness and probity in the sport, Juventus said.
Galliani - who quit as president of the Italian Football League shortly after the charges were announced but said he did nothing wrong - faces a single charge of violating fairness and probity, AC Milan said. Media said that put him in a slightly better position.
The sporting fraud charge against Milan, European champions six times, was based on a single Serie A match against Chievo in April 2005, Milan said.
Juventus have been at the heart of the scandal since it began early last month with the publication of intercepted telephone conversations between Moggi and senior FIGC officials discussing refereeing appointments for matches during the 2004-05 season.
'Today, Serie B becomes an almost certain destination for Juventus,' La Gazzetta said.
'Milan, however, comes out of the day minus an Italian Football League president, but with hopes, if not certainties, that it will remain in Serie A and maybe even save its place in the Champions League.'
The future of Fiorentina and Lazio , the paper said, were less certain. Officials from both clubs have been charged with sporting fraud.
Another sports daily, Corriere dello Sport, said Juventus faced the bleakest future although it said all four teams risked relegation to a lower division.
La Repubblica daily said Juve could start next season's Serie B campaign with points deducted and the loss of their last two Serie A titles.
The FIGC's emergency administrator, Guido Rossi, has said he wants the tribunal and any appeals wrapped up by July 20 to allow time for the FIGC to submit to UEFA its lists of teams for next season's Champions League and UEFA Cup competitions.
Thirteen of Italy's 23-man squad at the World Cup play for the four clubs facing charges. -
Not a very time for Viera isn't it? Looking forward for the big one at CL but may be staring into Serie B instead.
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Then Milan take over the 2 Juve's titles? That would be nice...Originally posted by Marco_Simone:ROME, June 23 (Reuters)
La Repubblica daily said Juve could start next season's Serie B campaign with points deducted and the loss of their last two Serie A titles.
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Juve has alot of old players. But still for cheap prices its good.
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Those 30sish players can last another 2-3 seasons only,but for prices of less than 5 million,why not?Originally posted by RockeY:Juve has alot of old players. But still for cheap prices its good. -
eh, if milan drop.. kaka, gilardino all sold at a cheap price
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Maybe its finally time for Inter Milan to win the scudetto.
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Great EPL Sales!
i hope vieira can return back to arsenal.
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Yawn.
EPL is not the only league in the world.
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before it materialises, money would be thrown around first
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if milan drop, chelsea will be kicking themselves.
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They can just loan out their players for two years and after they win promotion, the players can come back, I think genoa have did this loaning out diego milito to real zaragoza for two years for genoa to win promotion back to serie a.
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AC Milan was relegated once due to match fixing also, if I remember correctly. -
del piero and cannavaro is ready to commit to the club
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Only Juve will go to Serie B
Scudetto: Inter or nothing
Milan penalised, but the Champions League is safe
Fiorentina in UEFA, Lazio out of Europe
Roma and Chievo enter the Champions -
If Milan is still around, InterMilan won't win the serie A. They are a cursed team.
Cursed for don't know how many years already. -
true also!Originally posted by The man who was death:They can just loan out their players for two years and after they win promotion, the players can come back, I think genoa have did this loaning out diego milito to real zaragoza for two years for genoa to win promotion back to serie a. -
the problem is nobody likes to waitOriginally posted by The man who was death:They can just loan out their players for two years and after they win promotion, the players can come back, I think genoa have did this loaning out diego milito to real zaragoza for two years for genoa to win promotion back to serie a. -
who are the 13 players charged for kelong? pavel nedved?
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The thing is like one guy here said earlier most of their players almost 30 or 30+ liao then if they loan them out for 2 yrs by the time they come back i think also no use already want to retire liao...Originally posted by The man who was death:They can just loan out their players for two years and after they win promotion, the players can come back, I think genoa have did this loaning out diego milito to real zaragoza for two years for genoa to win promotion back to serie a.
This way they lose more by not getting a transfer fee at all. No matter how, even at cut price $5M a player, so many somemore a lot of $$$ to lose for a serie B club.
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well juve had it coming didn't they, doping allegation and stuffs if i'm not wrong.
