True but the further we get in the competition the more $$ we'll get. After all, we have to fund the Quagliarella's we sign each season.
The Europa league money is not worth it.
The maximum amount of cash prize that Juventus could earn from the tournament is
6.34 million(that's if we win every group match and end up winning the final), not worth risking our first team players getting injured IMO.
Our goal is to reach CL and I'll tell you why, just by earning qualification into the group stage the club will earn 3.8 million plus €0.55 for every match played in the group stage, that alone will earn Juventus a total of
7.1 million. In addition, every win in the group stage will earn the club €0.8 million and a draw will be awarded €0.4 million.
Europa League money is only peanuts, we should only let our youngsters worry about the tournament not our first team players. So I'm glad Aquilani is cup-tied for this low level tournament, the risk of him getting injured has be lowered for that reason.