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Italian Trio Relegated To Serie B
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From the BBC website:
Serie A sides Juventus, Lazio and Fiorentina have been demoted to the second division for their involvement in Italy's match-fixing scandal.
AC Milan will stay in Serie A but will lose 15 points and will be kicked out of the Champions League.
Juventus were also stripped of their last two titles and had 30 points deducted meaning that they are almost certain to stay down for two seasons.
Lazio were penalised seven points while Fiorentina suffered a 12 point penalty.
More to follow.
Serie A sides Juventus, Lazio and Fiorentina have been demoted to the second division for their involvement in Italy's match-fixing scandal.
AC Milan will stay in Serie A but will lose 15 points and will be kicked out of the Champions League.
Juventus were also stripped of their last two titles and had 30 points deducted meaning that they are almost certain to stay down for two seasons.
Lazio were penalised seven points while Fiorentina suffered a 12 point penalty.
More to follow.
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Let the sales begin ...
No doubt Chelsea will get nearly every player, or least want all of them...:rolleyes:
Edited to add
Milan staying up, did this have anything to do with silvio berlusconi?
Milan weren't the worst, so they got the lightest punishment.
which is why they will not get the crowds in, there not even the best supported club in turin, and never have been!!
There will undoubtedly be some sales I'm sure.
I'll take Luca Toni from Fiorentina to cover Van Nistelrooy's impending departure to Madrid.
Juve's team is quite old. Cannavaro, Zambrotta and Buffon are probably the most attractive buys. Will be interesting to see how Juve deal with that one.
add to that Nedved, Viera, Ibrahimovic, Mutu, Thuram and your looking at a lot of real estate in football terms, I don't think its possible neither would the Juve players be willing to leave on loan.
Well, older players like Nedved, Vieria and Thuram won't be leaving on loan, they'll just be looking for a new club.
Not sure about the front men. There's Trezeguet as well. It would be a crippled team by the time they got back, so they may just cut their losses and get out. Interesting thing is Juve can't even keep players who are tied to longterm contracts, because most have a clause saying that if the club is relegated, they are allowed to leave.
I agree with most of the other teams but with Juve if the sanctions stick then it is 2 seasons in serie B at least and with the drop in crowds and lack of champions league money, also im sure sponsors will not find a serie B side with no good players an attractive proposition.
Their own fault!
if it destroys juve then ill be chuffed.
Rumour has it that they are effectively bankrupt if they don't sell/loan players.
Let's face it 30 points means that they wil struggle to get promoted straight away...
Looks like Chievo and Palermo for the CL next season :thumb:
Though even if their sentences were to be changed they're almost certain to miss next season's European competitions as the deadline is in a few days.
Juventus should have gone down at least another division. If the 30 penalty poiint remains it will probably mean they stay down for two seaons anyway...but if the point penalty is wiped out or even reduced to 10 points chances are Juventus will be back in serie A this time next year.
Whether this puts an end to the endemic corruption in Italian football remains to be seen. I suspect that for as long as Berlusconi or the Agneli family remain as chairmen of some clubs there is always going to be something going on.
my main man Paolo Di Canio has gone to Cisco
Similarly, the teams finishing below these teams are bumped up into the CL/UEFA berths.