Juventus offload Vieira
2006-08-02 09:59
Milan - Juventus have sold midfielder
Patrick Vieira to Inter Milan for 9.5 million euros - less than half what they paid for the French international a year ago.
Juventus said in a statement that it booked a capital loss
of 8.6 million euros on the sale, part of an exodus of players
from the Turin club following a match-fixing scandal that led to their demotion to the second-tier Serie B league.
Juve bought Vieira in July 2005 for 20 million euros from
Arsenal. He played for Juventus only for one season in 2005/06.
Vieira, a candidate to take over from Zinedine Zidane as
captain of France's national side, is the latest player to leave Juventus after the club were relegated to Serie B for conspiring with referees and linesmen to rig games during last season.
Inter were awarded the 2005/06 Italian league title last
week after a sports tribunal revoked Juventus' title win.