[channel4.com]Agnelli family boost Juve coffers?

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Agnelli family boost Juve coffers?

Saturday 14 October, 2006

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Juventus will be helped back to the top of Italian and European football with investment from the Agnelli family after 13 years of self-sufficiency.

The club is owned by the Turin-based FIAT patrons for more than 80 years, but has been running on its own cash flow since the mid-1990s, one of the only Italian sides to operate in this manner.


However, the demotion to Serie B as a result of the Calciopoli scandal has cost the Bianconeri approximately ￡87m and the last quarter ended with Juve in the red to the tune of ￡24.6m.


Robbed of the money from the Champions League and Serie A, the Turin giants need fresh funds to continue paying the top star salaries enjoyed in the Second Division by the likes of David Trezeguet, Mauro Camoranesi, Alessandro Del Piero and Gianluigi Buffon.


Sponsorship contracts are also under a process of renegotiation following the drop down into Serie B.


This morning’s ‘Gazzetta dello Sport’ suggests that the Agnelli family will dip into the coffers to begin the restructuring process, starting from the Stadio Delle Alpi.


Not only will the unpopular arena have its capacity reduced and the running track removed, but it’ll also turn into a Premiership-style business park with shops and convention centres that should eventually help finance Juventus.


Director Jean Claude Blanc will present his plan of action in a couple of months and has already warned it’ll be a long-term project aimed at taking Juve back to Scudetto and Champions League contenders within five years.


“We’ll indicate the financial necessities, then we shall see how to satisfy them. There are many ways of achieving this, not just with investments from the club owners, who also want to see Juventus back on top again,” he commented.


Another option is for the Agnelli family to sell more of its shares to Libyan company Lafico, who already own 7.5 per cent of the stock.

阿涅利家族将为俱乐部输血？

    在经过13年的自给自足后，尤文图斯有望得到阿涅利家族的资助，从而得以重回意大利以及全欧洲足球顶尖俱乐部之列。


    都灵的菲亚特集团掌握尤文图斯俱乐部的所有权已经有80年了，但从90年代中期开始，俱乐部就一直自负盈亏，这种运作方式在意大利是独一无二的。


    但是，由于卷入电话门丑闻事件，俱乐部被降到乙级，这直接导致了俱乐部损失近8700万英镑，最后一个季度俱乐部亏损达到了2460万英镑。


    由于失去了冠军联赛和甲级联赛的收入，都灵豪门尤文图斯急需注入新的资金，以便身处乙级联赛也能够继续负担明星球员的高额薪水，例如大卫·特雷泽盖，毛罗·卡莫拉内西，阿历桑德罗·德尔·皮耶罗以及吉安路吉·布冯。


    在降入乙级之后，赞助商们也要求重新谈判，削减原有合同的赞助费用。


    今早的Gazzetta dello Sport报道说，阿涅利家族将注入资金以帮助俱乐部开始重建计划，重建将从阿尔卑球场开始。


    球场过多的座位将被削减，跑道也将被撤除，体育中心里也将引进商店、会议中心等以构筑一个商业综合区，这些措施将有利于尤文俱乐部的财政收入。


    董事会成员布兰科将在两个月内呈出他的行动计划，但先前他已经表示过，这将是一个5年内把球队带回甲级与欧洲赛场，把俱乐部恢复到原有水准的长期计划。


    “我们急需必要的财政支持，然后我们再来讨论如何开展计划。要做到这一点有很多种方法，虽然俱乐部的所有者们也盼望着球队早日重回辉煌，但我们不能只靠俱乐部老板的投资。” 他说。


    另一种选择是，阿涅利家族把自己所有的股份转给利比亚公司Lafico。Lafico集团已经拥有俱乐部7.5%的股份。