Juventus denies extension of Zidane's contract
Posted: Friday November 06, 1998 01:25 PM
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Zidane (right) is a top candidate for the 1998 award of best player of the year AP |
TURIN, Italy (AP) -- Juventus officials on Friday denied that the
Turin club has extended the contract of French
midfielder Zinedine Zidane through 2005.
Meanwhile, Turin's daily La Stampa suggested that the French
international may be willing to leave La Juve before his current
contract ends in 2003.
La Stampa, which is controlled by the Agnelli family which
indirectly owns the Turin club, wrote that Zidane was unhappy with
the better contract and attention given to the other team star,
Italy's Alessandro Del Piero.
"Zidane is aware that he would be the undisputed No.1 player in
any other big club ... and is suffering the leadership of Del
Piero," La Stampa wrote Friday.
Zidane, who led France to the world title last summer, has been
a key to Juventus' most recent triumphs in the Italian league. He's
a top candidate for the 1998 award of best player of the year.
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