Juventus' Andrea Agnelli admits Italian football has fallen behind as he continues fight for revoked Scudetti
Juventus president Andrea Agnelli has voiced his belief that Italian football has fallen behind in recent years and has blamed the poor state of stadiums throughout the country for Serie A's demise.
Italy currently hold four Champions League places, but will lose their fourth spot to Germany in 2012-13, while the world's biggest stars have been reluctant to move to Serie A in the past couple of seasons.
"To be candid about Serie A, we are certainly not where we want to be today. It certainly has to do with the facilities," Agnelli said to New York Times.
"All the stadiums are obsolete. We have a lot of violence, we still have police around the stadium, so it is not very friendly."
Agnelli then went on to express his pride that Juventus will soon open their new stadium, the first ground in Italy built with private funds.
He continued: "It is a point of pride to be the first private owners of a fully modern facility to hold games and be open seven days a week for commercial purposes.
"On the other hand, our competitors are international ones, and it is an element to fill an important gap as a revenue source."
The Juventus supremo also took the time to discuss the Calciopoli scandal and reiterated that the Turin side will do whatever it takes to get back their 2005 and 2006 Scudetti.
"Back in 2006, we had a very quick sporting verdict. I think it is important for every sports agency to remain within the sport jurisdiction. But the recent facts from the federation brought out that other teams had carried out similar practices in those days.
"We have to make sure we have equal treatment for everybody, and if we cannot have equal treatment, we will look outside the sport for equal treatment."
The Italian FA (FIGC) decided last Monday there were no legal grounds to revoke the title from Inter because of a statute of limitations preventing them from doing so.
Juventus president Andrea Agnelli has voiced his belief that Italian football has fallen behind in recent years and has blamed the poor state of stadiums throughout the country for Serie A's demise.Italy currently hold four Champions League places, but will lose their fourth spot to Germany in 2012-13, while the world's biggest stars have been reluctant to move to Serie A in the past couple of seasons.
"To be candid about Serie A, we are certainly not where we want to be today. It certainly has to do with the facilities," Agnelli said to New York Times.
"All the stadiums are obsolete. We have a lot of violence, we still have police around the stadium, so it is not very friendly."
Agnelli then went on to express his pride that Juventus will soon open their new stadium, the first ground in Italy built with private funds.
He continued: "It is a point of pride to be the first private owners of a fully modern facility to hold games and be open seven days a week for commercial purposes.
"On the other hand, our competitors are international ones, and it is an element to fill an important gap as a revenue source."
The Juventus supremo also took the time to discuss the Calciopoli scandal and reiterated that the Turin side will do whatever it takes to get back their 2005 and 2006 Scudetti.
"Back in 2006, we had a very quick sporting verdict. I think it is important for every sports agency to remain within the sport jurisdiction. But the recent facts from the federation brought out that other teams had carried out similar practices in those days.
"We have to make sure we have equal treatment for everybody, and if we cannot have equal treatment, we will look outside the sport for equal treatment."
The Italian FA (FIGC) decided last Monday there were no legal grounds to revoke the title from Inter because of a statute of limitations preventing them from doing so.
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