FIGC President Gabriele Gravina insists that Juventus will be excluded from Serie A if the Super League materialises.
The Bianconeri’s president Andrea Agnelli is one of the architects of the breakaway competition that was announced by 12 European clubs one year ago but collapsed within 48 hours.
Nine of those 12 clubs have announced their withdrawal from the competition. Juventus, Real Madrid and Barcelona are still formally involved in the project and Agnelli said earlier this month that the contract signed with the organisers of the competition is still valid for 11 of those 12 clubs.
“That contract is just a hypothesis, but Juventus would be excluded from Serie A if it becomes a reality,” Gravina told La Repubblica newspaper.
“The Super League is the wrong answer to a real problem. Italy must think about how to make the league more attractive for expanding markets like the Arab one, where at the moment they don’t get enough.”
Inter and Milan were the only Serie A clubs involved in the competition and the Nerazzurri are the only club that formally left the project thanks to a clause included in their contract with the Super League organisers.
Italian football is facing a thought moment as there are no Serie A clubs in the Champions League quarter-finals, while the Azzurri must go through the World Cup play-offs to qualify for Qatar 2022. Nevertheless, Gravina has full confidence in Roberto Mancini.
“He lost one game out of the last 40. He signed a new contract before the Euros without knowing we’d win it,” he said.
“Serie A is not against me, only two or three people are. There is resistance from some of the old protagonists of football who have not done the good of the movement and today can not be a governmental reference”.
#Gravina: 'Se si concretizza la #Superlega, #Juve fuori dalla #SerieA. Qualcuno non sta facendo il bene del calcio italiano' https://t.co/kHI828hdnu pic.twitter.com/3h9wt7q4wc
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No Juve no Serie A ya old codger.
Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😀
So the reason why we fail on the European stage at club level is because Arabs aren’t watching enough Serie A? Ok, got it.
Yawn! Like Juve care about his opinion. It likely would have no legal basis just like UEFA getting slapping in court. They talk about the benefit to the fans but when people like van Gaal are calling these institutions out for their corruption, putting money before people every time, then the words of those like Gravin count for nothing.
Reminds me of Guido Rossi. Sold out tk the highest bidder. If the Super League happened and this guy was hired, he’d change his tune immediately.
Imagine Serie A without Juve… Would be better to follow and watch the Jordanian league LOL
@joe
Lol at no juve no Serie A. There was no juve in Serie A in 06-07 yet an Italian club won CL
I MISS JUVENTUS IN SERIE B 🤡 , u clown forfgot that juve are the reason why itlay has four staring places for the cl.
Yes I fondly remember juve getting destroyed in Berlin 2015 and Cardiff 2017. 7 goals in 2 finals Lol. Good Times. Now even better times as they get destroyed by Ajax, Lyon, Porto and VILLARREAL haha.
Cadiz 1-0 Villarreal
juve 0-3 Villarreal
Nuff said
@Forza cesarean zaccone
Beer Sheva – Inter 3 – 2
Nuff said too 😉
Oh wait, at home they even lost 0-2 hehehehe
No Juve Seria A no more
@Zambrotta
That was in EL not CL but OK. Inter at least reached EL final in 2020, last time juve played EL they were destroyed by Fulham 4-1 lol
Actually to correct myself last time juve played EL they failed to reach the Turin final in 13-14 after Benfica eliminated them in Turin. Of course juve were eliminated from CL earlier that season by Galatasaray. Sneijder dumped the old lady, nice memory
How many CLs has Zambrotta won?
0.
Exactly
@ Antonio Yes, same amount as Ibrahimovic, Totti and many other legends.
Imagine Serie A without Juventus. At 2056 I’ll be 81 years old. Inter or Milan would have more scudetti than Juventus. 😛