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tosh_rose

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Aug 21, 2010
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Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis won’t sign “old men” Karim Benzema and Angel Di Maria, while Edinson Cavan would have to “cut his salary in half”.

“Di Maria and Benzema? Very much false. I’m very surprised because the Corriere dello Sport editor is experienced and I only wish good things for him. Is Antonio Giordano the only one I can trust to tell the truth? “There’s an agreement between myself and [Coach Carlo] Ancelotti. Why would I sign these two old men, with all due respect? I don’t have to please the fans, they play football in the bar, I respect them but they need to stay calm and let us work.

“The Corriere dello Sport front page is ridiculous. “Youssouf Sabaly has signed? False! He got injured, how can I sign someone who is injured? “D’Ambrosio? False! He’s not coming. The possibility of Benzema is not remote, it’s very remote. “Cavani? He earns €20m gross every two months. He’s brilliant, but I don’t think he’ll halve his salary. “If Cavani were to call me and tell me he’s ok to cut his salary in half and fit the Napoli wage structure, great.

“Falcao? False! He doesn’t score anymore, it’s fake news. “Roberto Insigne to Benevento? True. Amato Ciciretti to Sampdoria? We’ll see. The third goalkeeper? We’re looking at it. “A deal with Cavani? Absolute nonsense! What kind of idiot goes to Paris by helicopter, you take a jet. Di Maria done? Absolute nonsense! False, very much false.



“Ancelotti resigning before the start of the season? Complete and utter nonsense! “We’ll pay €8.5m a season for Cavani? If that was gross we could do it, but no-one makes any sacrifices for the God of money. I don’t believe in doing that, I’m the first to say it. “I don’t think Edinson can do that accounting. It’s a suggestion which is born out of love, but I doubt it. We need to think about the next five years, we have to look after [Arkadiusz] Milik who has been injured twice. “We also have a project with [Roberto] Inglese. When [Dries] Mertens arrives before the Liverpool game we’ll see that we already have a plethora of strikers. “Ancelotti will have to evalaute, we’ll see what he tells us and then there will be another 20 days to do something, if we need to.”

This guy :lol: :lol: :lol:
 

KB824

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Sep 16, 2003
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And the saga continues. Who knows if we can even get 20 teams in Serie A this year :lol:


Avellino fail to register for Serie B
By Football Italia staff

Avellino have become the latest club to fail to register for Serie B, but they can appeal the decision to CONI.

Italy’s second division is in chaos, as Bari and Cesena weren’t able to register and will be declared bankrupt, before being forced to start again in Serie D.

It’s not even clear who would replace them, with Ternana, Pro Vercelli, Novara and Virtus Entella relegated last season and all seeking to take a place, as well as beaten Serie C play-off finalists Siena.

Novara were initially ruled-out due to a sanction for not paying their players in May, June, November and December 2014, but they won an appeal and are now eligible.

Now Avellino have also failed the checks to register, creating a third vacancy in Serie B.

The Irpini haven't gone bankrupt, but they needed two financial guarantors to register for the league and one of those was Finworld, a company which was denied a registration by Banca d’Italia.

Clubs who had Finworld as a guarantor therefore given extra time to find a new one, but it appears Avellino have failed to do so in time, despite the President declaring he would “deliver by hand” a guarantee from Groupama.

Avellino can now appeal to CONI’s court to try and preserve their Serie B status.

The confusion doesn’t end there, as there has still been no verdict handed down in the separate cases against Parma and Chievo.

The Ducali, who were promoted after finishing second in Serie B last season, face a charge for an alleged match fixing attempt, for which the prosecutor has requested that two points be deducted from their 2017-18 total.

If Parma are found guilty and the sentence is applied, Palermo would be promoted instead - providing a criminal investigation into alleged false accounting doesn’t prevent them.

Chievo, meanwhile, are accused of creating around €25m in false profit during transfer dealings with Cesena.

In their case the prosecutor has asked for a six point deduction to last year’s Serie A total. If that is applied, the Flying Donkeys would go down and Crotone would be reinstated to the top flight.

That means that there are currently only 17 teams registered for the 20 team league, while Palermo and Crotone may actually end up in Serie A.

Foggia start the season on -8 points, while theoretically any three of Ternana, Pro Vercelli, Novara, Virtus Entella, Siena or Avellino - if they win their appeal - could be in the league.
 

Nejc

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May 13, 2006
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It would be awesome if Chievo are relegated. Even better if it finally pushes things forward to make a 18 team league.
 

DAiDEViL

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Feb 21, 2015
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Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis won’t sign “old men” Karim Benzema and Angel Di Maria, while Edinson Cavan would have to “cut his salary in half”.

“Di Maria and Benzema? Very much false. I’m very surprised because the Corriere dello Sport editor is experienced and I only wish good things for him. Is Antonio Giordano the only one I can trust to tell the truth? “There’s an agreement between myself and [Coach Carlo] Ancelotti. Why would I sign these two old men, with all due respect? I don’t have to please the fans, they play football in the bar, I respect them but they need to stay calm and let us work.

“The Corriere dello Sport front page is ridiculous. “Youssouf Sabaly has signed? False! He got injured, how can I sign someone who is injured? “D’Ambrosio? False! He’s not coming. The possibility of Benzema is not remote, it’s very remote. “Cavani? He earns €20m gross every two months. He’s brilliant, but I don’t think he’ll halve his salary. “If Cavani were to call me and tell me he’s ok to cut his salary in half and fit the Napoli wage structure, great.

“Falcao? False! He doesn’t score anymore, it’s fake news. “Roberto Insigne to Benevento? True. Amato Ciciretti to Sampdoria? We’ll see. The third goalkeeper? We’re looking at it. “A deal with Cavani? Absolute nonsense! What kind of idiot goes to Paris by helicopter, you take a jet. Di Maria done? Absolute nonsense! False, very much false.



“Ancelotti resigning before the start of the season? Complete and utter nonsense! “We’ll pay €8.5m a season for Cavani? If that was gross we could do it, but no-one makes any sacrifices for the God of money. I don’t believe in doing that, I’m the first to say it. “I don’t think Edinson can do that accounting. It’s a suggestion which is born out of love, but I doubt it. We need to think about the next five years, we have to look after [Arkadiusz] Milik who has been injured twice. “We also have a project with [Roberto] Inglese. When [Dries] Mertens arrives before the Liverpool game we’ll see that we already have a plethora of strikers. “Ancelotti will have to evalaute, we’ll see what he tells us and then there will be another 20 days to do something, if we need to.”

This guy :lol: :lol: :lol:
:lol:

Donald? Is it you?
 

Stevie

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Mar 30, 2003
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Same here man.

The amount of people that told me their watching Juve because of Ronaldo was insane.

They won't get the chance now.
Exactly. All my friends have BT Sport already there nit gonna pay for a new subscription just to watch Ronaldo. Only die hard fans are gonna do it.

I think it will be a failure and i expect it to be equally as shit as the production has been in the past with the likes of Setanta and eurosport.

Bt did a great job.
 
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