Juve Fans Launch Anti-Stankovic Campaign
Juventus supporters are hugely against the prospected signing of Inter midfielder Dejan Stankovic, and have posted messages on various forums and websites, including Goal.com, threatening to whistle the Serbian at every touch if he comes to Turin.
The Bianconeri are well known to be in the market for an attacking midfielder, and have been in negotiations to sign Stankovic for some time now.
The 30-year-old has already agreed personal terms with Juve, and has agreed to take a significant pay cut, and all that is required to complete the deal is for the two club to agree a transfer fee. Juve have offered around €7.5m for the Serbian international, but Inter are demanding close to €14m.
However Bianconeri supporters are angrily against the idea of seeing Stankovic join their club. First of all the midfielder is seen as something of an enemy, having played for Inter.
Secondly the player had a dreadful 2007/08 season, and is widely considered to be well past his best, as proved by the fact that new Inter boss Jose Mourinho has made it perfectly clear that he is surplus to requirements.
Juve fans have bombarded fan forums and websites, including Goal.com, threatening to boo and whistle Stankovic every time he touches the ball if he ever joins the club.
This has led the Juventus hierarchy with a tough decision to make, as sporting director Alessio Secco was expected to push on with the transfer this week. There are now reports that this pressure could forced them to scrap the deal.
Gianni Wilson