conzer16 Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 Juventus: 2005 and 2006 Serie A titles Stripped Relegated to Serie B Deducted 30 points Will not play in Champions League next Season Lazio: Relegated to Serie B Deducted 7 points Fiorentina: Relegated to Serie B Will not play in Champions League Next Season AC Milan: NOT relegated to lower division Deducted 15 points. Will also not play in Champions League Next Season (According to skysports.com) Sky News Article WOW.......Juve in Serie B!! Wait to see all the players sold off now..... Quick edit about CL next Season. Costing both teams circa £30 million Edit: Several officials have also been hit hard following the verdict in the match-fixing scandal which arose after allegations that Juventus tried to arrange the appointment of referees. Former Juve general manager Luciano Moggi has been banned from the game for five years - the same penalty meted out to Antonio Giraudo. Ex-Italian Football Federation president Franco Carraro has been suspended for four years and six months - the same length of time which referee Massimo De Sanctis has been banned for. Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani has been banned for 12 months, Fiorentina president Andrea Della Valle for four years and Lazio supremo Claudio Lotito for three years
Fresh Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 Im glad, tbh i also wanted AC Milan to go as well, i realy want Gattuso to go to Man Utd. I cant wait to see how strong Inter Milan and Real Madrid become after this.
Monopolyman Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 Lets just hope Chelsea don't get their greasy hands on any of their players (not that I hold a grudge or anything). Anyway, what was the whole story of this farce? If anyone would mind telling me. I could look it up myself, but nah! It's too hot.
Fierce_LiNk Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 i realy want Gattuso to go to Man Utd. Have you been reading my mind? :p Compared to the others, AC Milan got let off quite lightly...if you can call it that. This means that none of the relegated teams can play European football for at least a few seasons now, doesn't it? They have to get promoted back to Serie A, then they have to finish in a place that means they get european football in the next season. If i'm correct, that means these teams will miss out on European football for at least 2 seasons!
Athriller Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 I feel like an idiot for not knowing, but what was this scandal exactly?
Fresh Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 Have you been reading my mind? :p No i just go into your house at nite, place a straw in your ear and suck out your thoughts. I assume after all this Chelsea and Real madrid will sock up alot of the players with there money, maybe AS Roma and Inter Milan will get some only realy due to the fact they are italian.
BeerMonkey Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 i hear newport county FC are in need of some players come play for us juvi/lazio guys
conzer16 Posted July 14, 2006 Author Posted July 14, 2006 I feel like an idiot for not knowing, but what was this scandal exactly? Basically the 4 clubs were involved in organising "Friendly Referees" to take charge of their matches. Juventus and their former Chairman Moggi were the biggest culprits. Thats why Juve got such a harsh sentence. The Italian police suspected Moggi of criminal dealings and began to tap his phone in 2004/05 season but didnt find enough evidence to convict him on the charges they wanted, but they discovered he was talking to the Italian FA's Referees Supervisor to organise "Juve friendly" referees (whom Moggi believed would ref a game to Juve's advantage) so passed their evidence onto the Italian FA, who in turn discovered more of their officials were mixed up in the dealing which extended to 3 other clubs; Fiorentina, Lazio and AC Milan.
Fierce_LiNk Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 i hear newport county FC are in need of some players come play for us juvi/lazio guys Lmfao! I wonder if they've put the players up on ebay yet.
conzer16 Posted July 14, 2006 Author Posted July 14, 2006 I wonder if they've put the players up on ebay yet. Oooo oh oh oh!!! I bags Cannavaro!!!
Charlie Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 How come AC didn't get relegated? Something to do with Berlusconi being a former PM? Juve aren't likely to move back up for at least 2 years now because of the 30 points deducted... They might not get up for even longer if all the good players leave too.... Very interesting. I feel sorry for the players though who don't know that this was happening and have been relegated and will have their wages cut now.
Shino Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 Just because their relegated to serie B doesn't mean they'll start selling players, it means they'll have the best second division in the world.
Charlie Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 The players wont want to stay there though, they wont be able to afford players wages. No European involvement for 2 years at least, probably more if they sell all their good players. They'll be like any other Italian team.
Fierce_LiNk Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 Just because their relegated to serie B doesn't mean they'll start selling players, it means they'll have the best second division in the world. Relegation is feared by many a club for many reasons. Not only can you not take part in matches against teams in the top league, but you will also not receive the same revenue. Face it, who are fans going to want to see? Man Utd against Arsenal, or Man Utd against Port Vale. Players' wages are linked with the club's revenue. If the club doesn't make money, the wages do not get paid. What does this mean? Unhappy staff. Player's will leave. If they want to stay in Italy, many will leave for clubs in Serie A. Big players NEED champions league or european football. If clubs receive good offers for their players, they may be forced to cave in and sell them.
Ramar Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 Compared to the others, AC Milan got let off quite lightly...if you can call it that. I believe thats because AC Milan only had one piece of evidence against them. Edit - On the relegation point. It is rumoured that Juventus' sponsor is going to pull out of its deal. At thus loss of more money.
BlueStar Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 Thought Juve were going to be sent down 2 divisions?
Platty Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 Yeah that was the rumour, seems they let them off a bit lightly. Going down 2 divisions would have killed the club off. Thing is if the players were loyal they would take a pay cut for one season and play their hearts out to get their teams straight back up to serie A. But no doubt they will all move on as football becomes more and more about money. Mind you deducting 30 points off Juve is a killer... damn if a lot of their players go they are gonna find it hard to pick up points and then they could even end up getting relegated to serie C.
Mokong Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 Serves them to right for what they did, cheating buggers, imagine if they had managed to get "friendly refs" for Champions League games also, i bet they tried to
Fierce_LiNk Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 The good thing is, they've sent a message to teams worldwide. It will be a long, long time before we see anything like this again.
Jimmy3000 Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 It happened in the 79-80 season aswell so i think they got off lightly...
system_error Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 I doubt that those clubs will sell many players because most of them will go for nothing to other teams. I bet every major player has a part in his contract which says "...if you go down a league you go for free..."
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