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Juve doctor under pressure
Wednesday 4 February, 2009
Juventus club doctor Riccardo Agricola could be facing the sack as the Old Lady's injury woes continue.
The Bianconeri have suffered more than their fair share of injuries this season and a plethora of stars have been out of action for significant periods.
According to La Stampa, the Turin giants are ready to point the finger at club medic Agricola.
The paper claims that sporting director Alessio Secco and chief executive Jean-Claude Blanc are discussing a possible replacement for Agricola.
The doctor has been at the club since the beginning of the 1990s but his days at Vinovo could be numbered.
take him away please
Agricola was in 2004 guilty of drug abuse..for doping on Dp and others..
"Riccardo Agricola, guilty of administering banned drugs to some of the world’s leading players during the 1990s. Agricola received a 22-month prison sentence but Antonio Giraudo, the director of the Turin club, who was charged with the same offence, was acquitted.
Agricola’s conviction was the result of a six-year investigation by Raffaele Guariniello, the public prosecutor, who accused the 27-times Italian champions of systematically doping players between 1994 and 1998, one of the most successful periods in their history. "