According to the Gazzetta dello Sport , Juventus has - late today - signed Fabio Capello to a 3-year contract: http://www.gazzetta.it/primi_piani/calcio/2004/pp_1.0.392859266.shtml
I can't seem to find this shocking news anywhere else, but the Gazzetta is certainly a reliable source. I've re-read the Italian a few times over, and I don't see anything about it being a rumor. I'll get my husband to check it out to make sure.
Well, they definitely state it as a fact, but without any sources. And I haven't been able to find it report ANYWHERE else, which makes me wonder ....
Wow. Bombshell would be correct. If this turns out to be true I wonder how Totti will feel about this, in regard to his demand that the team remain competitive.
I haven't seen it anywhere else, either. And I have checked several official and unofficial sources. Nick
I've looked everywhere and have found nothing to support the Gazzetta's nuclear blast. I've emailed the family back in the Peninsula and will here from them when they wake up in a couple of hours. Unnamed, unsubstantiated sources...hmmm...sounds like Cicciolina could be involved
A sort of confirmation from yahoo.it sports. They're also talking about it like it's a done deal on the radio over here. http://it.sports.yahoo.com/040528/12/17ew.html "Juve: It's Capello" Fabio Capello will be coach of Juventus for the next three years. The 'white-and-black,' in a note, state that they have signed the coach to a three year contract which will take effect 1 July 2004 and expire 30 June 2007.
Sounds like the Gazzetta just has some solid inside sources at Juventus. They certainly got the scoop on this. And apparently, Prandelli will now be going to Roma. Personally, I think this is a great move for Juventus. Prandelli, while a nice coach, is not proven. And, this year's good run aside, neither is Deschamps. This is, after all, JUVENTUS we are talking about. They should be one of the world's best clubs every year. Screw "slow rebuilding". I like that they went after the best damned coach they could get. I just hope they can still afford the players they need.
Good one Sue! Can I look forward to so much wit when I move to vermont? Can you give me a howard dean like howl too? Yesterday all of you hunchbacks were pumped for Prandelli.......besides he's not our coach.
Great hire. No leaks until the last hour -- quick and efficient. It hurts to see him leave Roma, but I'm gald that he stayed in Serie A and didn't bolt to Real. Shocking, disappointing but understandable -- it is a business after all.
More likely Émerson, his agent almost confirmed the deal yesterday, but Ronaldo and Roberto Carlos are asking him to join Real. I can´t see Totti playing alongside Del Piero and Nedved. Tooti will go to Milan!
Roma didn't deserve this. Better fans, a better team and overall more exciting/entertaining soccer. What has Fiat or the boring and unheard voices of absent Turin fans done which entitles them to steal a prized coach? Its a bunch of crap if you ask me. Typical anyways, a Roma side beating a disoriented and overrated Juve side 4-1 would warrant speculation on a coach switching clubs who just thrashed Juventus to pieces. But no that wiesel Moggi made himself look like this supreme geneous when he alluded the press to think that Deschamps was on his way when it was obvious that Capello was on their wishlist beginning from last year. Doesn't matter though; Totti vs. the entire Juventus farce team....I think you know who I'd place my odds on. Good Luck Roma!
i think that it is odd that the sensi family is making much less noise about capello going to juve on such a shock move than they did when juve swooped for lagrottaglie last summer (and the possibility of emerson going to juve this year). also the moves happened very, very quickly (especially for such a well paid coach who is STILL under contract with roma). could juve have done roma a favor (!?) by taking "il mister piu pagatto di europa" off of sensi's hands? this whole deal looks more and more fishy but makes some sense when considering roma's cash problems.
quite simply, Juventus, Milan and Inter are the mafia in Italy. they own everything. Roma is not in that ligue and now they will have to sell to be able to cope with their debts. italian soccer is ******** and more ******** are cooperations like Juve, Milan and Inter. Such is life...