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Juventus' appeal to have 2006 Scudetto restored is rejected by FIGC An investigation into the appeal to have the Italian title restored to the Old Lady claims the Turin club has "no significant case" as the championship stays with Inter. Jul 1, 2011 Juventus have lost their final hope of seeing the revoked 2006 Scudetto returned as the FIGC (Italian FA) has decided it will remain with Inter. Juventus filled legal documents with the FIGC in May 2010 asking for the 2006 Scudetto, revoked by the first wave of investigations into Calciopoli, to be returned. Their basis was evidence from the ongoing Calcipoli 2 trial in Naples, where it has been shown a number of clubs, including Inter, were involved in the 2006 scandal despite this not having been proven in the original case. Juventus believed the evidence in Naples was enough to warrant a review of decisions taken five years ago, feeling they had a claim to have the revoked title handed back. However, after almost 14 months of investigations by the general attorney of the FIGC, it has been announced Juventus' appeal is groundless, and thus the Scudetto of 2006 will remain with Inter. An extract of a statement following decisions in Rome claims there was "no significant case", while suggesting the facts presented by Juventus did not match the severity of their claims. Last month former Juventus director Luciano Moggi was banned for life by the FIGC for his involvement in Calciopoli.

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We will make an offer for Atletico's Sergio Aguero - Giuseppe Marotta The Juventus director has made it clear that Aguero is the club's primary target to strengthen their attack but favourable taxation elsewhere might prompt Argentine to snub Turin. Jul 1, 2011 Juventus general director Giuseppe Marotta has stated that the Turin side won't hesitate to spend a large part of their transfer budget on one player if necessary and confirmed that Atletico Madrid's Sergio Aguero is their primary transfer target. However, Marotta admitted that another club could land the 23-year-old if they make an "economical offer" that can't be matched by the Serie A outfit, claiming that the Argentine could opt to take advantage of the advantageous taxation policy in Spain in comparison to Italy. "We are ready to spend a large part of our transfer budget on one player, even if other factors like wages then have to be taken into consideration," Marotta said to Tuttosport. "Aguero, for example, benefits from tax breaks in Spain with Atletico Madrid that he wouldn

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