Italy: Andrea Agnelli (Juventus) wants to modernise Italian stadiums to boost the Serie A

“Italian football needs to recover, including Juventus despite good results and revenue. We were the league of the world class players, now we are considered a transitory phase towards bigger things," said Andrea Agnelli, the president of Juventus (Serie A TIM), at the Globe Soccer forum in Dubai (UAE) on 28/12/2014.

“We cannot compete with those divisions who have very different structures. Our league’s stadiums are on average 64 years old and don’t hold up when compared to those who developed modern, more comfortable and fuller arenas.
“Chelsea FC (Barclays Premier League) sell their tickets for double the price of Juventus, while in Germany the average wage is much higher than in Italy, so it’s not just an issue of stadiums. Nonetheless, we must try to relaunch where we can. AS Roma are about to take an important step by building their own stadium and more (Serie A clubs) should follow suit,” said Andrea Agnelli.

The Juventus president also spoke about foreign owners of clubs in the Serie A (Indonesian Erick Thohir at FC Internazionale Milano, the American James Pallotta at AS…