[retired_klew07]

After being relegated at the end of last season Juve have not gained many fans. They won the Serie A last year and reached the Champions League 1/4 Final, although they could not overcome the might of the Arsenal. Although they still remain with a strong squad with a couple of World Cup Winners still remaining, I belive they will be a popular choice amongst FM Fans for this season's game. Obviously promotion will be the aim, but may prove wuite tricky with the points deduction, and significantly low morale throughout the once dominant Juventus side.

Major Transfers Out

Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Inter
Patrick Vieira - Inter
Lilian Thuram - Barcelona
Gianluca Zambrotta - Barcelona
Adrian Mutu - Fiorentina
Fabio Cannavaro - Real Madrid
Emerson - Real Madrid
Fabrizio Miccoli - Benfica (Loan)
Andrea Gasbarroni - Parma
Olivier Kapo - Levante
Manuel Blasi - Fiorentina (Loan)
Christian Abbiati - Milan

Major Transfers In

Valeri Bojinov - Fiorentina (Loan)
Cristiano Zanetti - Inter
Jean-Alain Boumsong - Newcastle
Marco Marchionni - Parma

As you can see, the transfers out are far greater and more significant than those in. So it will be a huge challenge to restore Juve to their formaer glory. Although the squad is strong for Serie B, it will be tough to rise to the occasion in Serie A and see the the likes of Inter and AC to the title.

Club information

Nation - Italy
Founded - 1897
Status - Professional
Repuation - Continental
Chairman Status - Loves the club
Favoured Personnel - Pavel Nedved, Alessandro Del Piero, Gianluca Viali, Michel Platini, Marcello Lippi, Ciro Ferrara, Gianluca Pessoto, Gianluigi Buffon, Michelangelo Rampulla, David Trezeguet, Alessandro Birindelli, Enzo Maresca
Fierce Rivals - Torino, Roma, Inter, Fiorentina, Milan, Parma
Other Rivals - Lazio, Verona, Perugia, Napoli
Finances - Secure
Estimated Value - 70m
Stadium - Olimpico, Turin
Planned Expansion - Due to move into the 69051 capacity Delle Alpi on 1.7.2008
Stadium Capacity - 25370 All-Seater with Under-Soil Heating
Training Facilities - Top Training Facilities
Youth Facilities - State of the Art Youth Facilities + Youth Academy
Continental Competition - None
Media Prediction - 5th
Squad Average Age - 26
Squad Personality - Professional

Other Info

Transfer Budget - 8.5m (Pounds)
Wage Budget - 575,000 p/w (Pounds)


The Squad

Goalkeepers
Emanuele Belardi
Gianluigi Buffon
Antonio Mirante

Defenders
Nicola Legrotagglie
Felice Piccolo
Jonathan Zebina
Jean-Alain Boumsong
Robert Kovac
Igor Tudor
Federico Balzaretti
Allessandro Birindelli
Giorgio Chiellini

Midfielders
Guliano Gannichedda
Cristiano Zanetti
Claudio Marchisio
Mauro Camoranesi
Marco Marchionni
Pavel Nedved
Gaetan Tomas Guzman

Strikers
Alessandro Del Piero
Raffaele Palladino
Valeri Bojinov
David Trezeguet
Marcelo Zalayeta

Recommened Starting XI

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Possible Signings

Klass Jan Huntelaar
Elano
Riccardo Montolivo
Charles N'Zogbia

[railsldr]

Just started a game with them
Trying to sign some new blood to replace in a couple of seasons the older players
So far made bid for Maduro,Marcelo(Fluminense),Modric and Sivok

[retired_toad72]

Fook me you'd think that's a CL team

[retired_klew07]

Originally posted by LiverpoolSimplyTheBest:
Fook me you'd think that's a CL team

Nothing compared to Inter or AC though. Maybe even Roma.

Hopefully a big cash injection will be available after promotion

[retired_toad72]

Knoc I wouldn't be suprised if you won the title of Serie A within 2 seasons tbh ... that's how good your team is.

[zyx345]

aye, pretty good team already and good depth. LSTB's right about winning serie A in 2 seasons.

[retired_klew07]

Originally posted by LiverpoolSimplyTheBest:
Knoc I wouldn't be suprised if you won the title of Serie A within 2 seasons tbh ... that's how good your team is.

Tbh I would find it hard to win Serie A with that exact squad. Maybe with a couple of quality signings. Serie B will also be tough to even gain promotion due to the 17 points deduction

[retired_klew07]

Is Lukas Sinkiewicz worth 3m?

[retired_toad72]

Yeah :thup:

[retired_klew07]

Originally posted by LiverpoolSimplyTheBest:
Yeah :thup:

Sinkiewicz becomes my first signing :cool:

I need an AMC then I'm sorted. Have looked at Montolivo and N'Zogbia but can't really afford them.

I have 5.75m left. Suggestions from anyone would be greatly appreciated