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So we spend well more than Juventus and they win their league at a canter and are contesting a champions league final, we on the other hand can't even get past Ludogorets. If you put us in Serie A i bet we'd finish 4th or 5th, it's what we are, bloody failures.

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The thing you have to bear in mind with stats like those above is that they often ignore context. Juventus might be low spenders when compared with us, but they are still big spenders in the context of Serie A. That spending has enabled them to build a very solid and consistent team designed to win the vast majority of their games domestically. That is the key. The spending they've done was with a view to getting them back on top of the pile in Serie A and staying there consistently, before trying to branch out and achieve European success off the back of that harmony, consistency and winning mentality. That is how you are supposed to do it. 

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Juventus. The case of Juventus actually defeats ALL the arguments of the football brigade of hipsters that has infested Liverpool F.C. forums the recent years.

 

Juventus is not from a Capital city -certainly not from London you english villagers-, Turin is the fourth largest city of Italy (behind Rome, Milan and Naples), the club does not own a huge stadium, but built its own stadium without the slightest drama in 2-3 seasons and remains  such an attractive club that when they relegated in the second division (due to Calciopolis), World Class star players like Buffon and Del Piero stayed firm and loyal.

 

Of course Juventus is not owned by some hilarious Hedge Fund, but by the biggest industrialist family in Italy, that even if they decided to sell Juventus, they would never consider selling the club to loan sharks like Moores did with Liverpool F.C. to maximise his profits. Juventus has a huge fan base just like Liverpool (ours is bigger imo), but they somehow manage to capitalise on it. We instead suffer from low self esteem.

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Juventus. The case of Juventus actually defeats ALL the arguments of the football brigade of hipsters that has infested Liverpool F.C. forums the recent years.

 

Juventus is not from a Capital city -certainly not from London you english villagers-, Turin is the fourth largest city of Italy (behind Rome, Milan and Naples), the club does not own a huge stadium, but built its own stadium without the slightest drama in 2-3 seasons and remains such an attractive club that when they relegated in the second division (due to Calciopolis), World Class star players like Buffon and Del Piero stayed firm and loyal.

 

Of course Juventus is not owned by some hilarious Hedge Fund, but by the biggest industrialist family in Italy, that even if they decided to sell Juventus, they would never consider selling the club to loan sharks like Moores did with Liverpool F.C. to maximise his profits. Juventus has a huge fan base just like Liverpool (ours is bigger imo), but they somehow manage to capitalise on it. We instead suffer from low self esteem.

Jumped the shark there nightcap. Absolute gibberish.

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Lower wage bill than us and spent less on players.

 

A midfield of Pogba, Vidal, Pirlo and Marchisio that cost next to nothing.

The transfer system in Italy isn't really comparable with the UK which benefits teams in Italy when it comes to looking purely at numbers.

 

 

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The transfer system in Italy isn't really comparable with the UK which benefits teams in Italy when it comes to looking purely at numbers.

Should qualify that as transfers between Italian clubs being far less rigid before someone pipes up.

 

Transfers between rivals, Co ownership, player trading in lieu of transfer fees etc etc if rife.

 

 

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