FIGC Presidential candidate Gabriele Gravina has back-pedalled on the Juventus Calciopoli ruling. “They have 34 Serie A titles and must accept it.”
Gravina is the sole candidate for the election to President of the Italian Football Federation, but caused controversy this week when suggesting he was “not concerned” how many Scudetti Juve claimed to have.
FIGC Presidential candidate Gabriele Gravina has back-pedalled on the Juventus Calciopoli ruling. “They have 34 Serie A titles and must accept it.”
Gravina is the sole candidate for the election to President of the Italian Football Federation, but caused controversy this week when suggesting he was “not concerned” how many Scudetti Juve claimed to have.
This is because two were stripped in the Calciopoli scandal of 2006, reducing it to 34, yet Juventus continue to declare they have 36 in merchandise, on social media and even on their own stadium walls.
“I made a distinction between what an individual person thinks and the FIGC, which formally stabilises the number of titles,” clarified Gravina in Libero newspaper today.
“If Juve maintain they have 36 Scudetti, that is their problem and they are wrong. They have 34 Serie A titles and must accept it.
“What else can we do to make Juve realise they have 34 and not 36? I could say I’ve won a Scudetto, but nobody would believe me.
“The fact remains, in a difficult moment like this for Italian football, I can’t be worrying about someone who thinks they’ve got 36 titles.”