Juve make plans for Serie B
Looks like the disgraced team of Italian football, Juventus, is facing up to the fact that it will be punished with relegation after fixing a countless number of matches, and is putting together a plan for next year’s season in Serie B.
The disgraced team of Turin will be forced to get rid of most of its millionaire players in an attempt to raise money to compensate for likely losses from sponsors and tv rights. Buffon and Vieira, whose contracts end in 2010 and are on stellar salaries, will be sold, as will Trezeguet, who’s tired of not winning any silverware in Europe. The older players such as Nedved, Cannavaro and Thuram will stay with Juventus but are likely to be loaned for a year. Del Piero, who Juventus will rebuild their team on when (if?) they are promoted back to Serie A, might also be loaned to another team, unless he’s prepared to take a hefty salary reduction.
As for the other players, frankly we can’t see many of them wanting to stay at the Old Lady…. Ibrahimovic and Mutu are still young and have a career ahead of them, and it shouldn’t be difficult for them to find a new team. Emerson still appeals to many teams and it won’t be a problem for him to find a new home. Capello will also leave, despite claims that he will honour his contract that ends in 2007: Juve have already found a replacement for him in Sampdoria’s Novellino.
Many European teams will wait until after relegation is announced to feast on Juve’s prime assets, as their negotiating power will be much stronger - Juve will be forced to sell to survive and so will not be able to haggle on price.
