++ [ originally posted by azzurri7 ] ++
"a true Juve fan , would always Love del piero , and always believe in him , so am true Juventino , and i got faith in our Lord " All the way Alexxxxxxxxx ...
"a true Juve fan , would always Love del piero , and always believe in him , so am true Juventino , and i got faith in our Lord " All the way Alexxxxxxxxx ...
A true DP fan, would always love Del Piero - Not necessarily a true Juve fan. I am a true Juve fan and am to be quite honest getting sick and tired of DP - if he wasn't integral to Juve's marketing policy then I'm sure he would have gone a while ago.
I think Juve's purchase of Buffon was motivated partly by the fact that Buffon will probably be the next Dino Zoff (in terms of being an Italy number 1 for years etc) and will be an Italian icon - because everybody knows he is the best (apart from Desmond
Juve are realising they have to change their merchandising and marketing policy away from such a focus on DP because everyone is finally beginning to realise his performances don't merit such a focus. Players like Buffon will take more emphasis from Juve marketing and rightly so.
Juve for the last 10 years has always pretty much had either the best player in the world on their books - or one of the best. Baggio, the up and coming DP, Zidane, Nedved.....if they do get rid of Nedved, or Nedved continues to fall from grace, I wouldn't be suprised to see Juve sign a Van der Vaart or someone like that - they realise the importance of Juve icons and the need to have the best of the best (not saying VDV is that but potentially who knows?).
Sorry for that long and windy thread, I got a bit carried away!
