Former Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi has attacked the current management at his former club, saying that if he was still there the Bianconeri would be challenging for the Scudetto. He also revealed that Cristiano Ronaldo was close to joining the club a few years ago.
The current management of Giovanni Cobolli Gigli, Jean-Claude Blanc and Alessio Secco has come under increased attack from Juventus supporters for the way they are running the club.
Sporting director Secco, who replaced Moggi in 2006, has been universally panned for a long-line of calamitous transfers, including spending a combined €40m on the quartet of Jean-Alain Boumsong, Tiago Mendes, Sergio Almiron and Momo Sissoko.
Moggi has blasted this transfer policy and says that had he still been in charge, he would have had Juve challenging for the title with this kind of money available.
"If I’d have been in charge with the transfer budget that was made available last summer, Juventus would now be fighting for the Scudetto,” said Moggi.
“And Antonio Cassano would now be playing with us as well.”
Moggi is still bitter with his exit following the Calciopoli crisis in 2006, and has maintained all along that the whole scandal was a conspiracy involving Massimo Moratti, Tronchetti Provera, Guido Rossi, and even possibly members of Juventus’ current management who wanted the power for themselves.
Finally Moggi revealed that current Manchester United superstar Cristiano Ronaldo was set to join the club before he moved to Old Trafford, but the deal fell through because Marcelo Salas rejected a transfer away.
"Cristiano Ronaldo was already ours. He came to Turin to for a medical. It was all set, but then [Marcelo] Salas wouldn’t leave,” he concluded.
Gianni Wilson
The current management of Giovanni Cobolli Gigli, Jean-Claude Blanc and Alessio Secco has come under increased attack from Juventus supporters for the way they are running the club.
Sporting director Secco, who replaced Moggi in 2006, has been universally panned for a long-line of calamitous transfers, including spending a combined €40m on the quartet of Jean-Alain Boumsong, Tiago Mendes, Sergio Almiron and Momo Sissoko.
Moggi has blasted this transfer policy and says that had he still been in charge, he would have had Juve challenging for the title with this kind of money available.
"If I’d have been in charge with the transfer budget that was made available last summer, Juventus would now be fighting for the Scudetto,” said Moggi.
“And Antonio Cassano would now be playing with us as well.”
Moggi is still bitter with his exit following the Calciopoli crisis in 2006, and has maintained all along that the whole scandal was a conspiracy involving Massimo Moratti, Tronchetti Provera, Guido Rossi, and even possibly members of Juventus’ current management who wanted the power for themselves.
Finally Moggi revealed that current Manchester United superstar Cristiano Ronaldo was set to join the club before he moved to Old Trafford, but the deal fell through because Marcelo Salas rejected a transfer away.
"Cristiano Ronaldo was already ours. He came to Turin to for a medical. It was all set, but then [Marcelo] Salas wouldn’t leave,” he concluded.
Gianni Wilson
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