Serie A - Cannavaro expecting difficult time

Eurosport - Wed, 20 May 14:00:00 2009

Fabio Cannavaro has admitted he does not expect Juventus fans to welcome him back with open arms next season.

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The central defender has signed a one-year deal to return to Juve after leaving the Serie A side for Real Madrid following their 2006 demotion in a match-fixing scandal.

A small group of fans have protested at recent matches against Cannavaro's return after his signing was made official.

"It's going to be a bit difficult because the people there are very upset that I left when the club was relegated and I understand them," the 35-year-old Italy captain told Marca.

"But I want them to know that I am coming back with a desire to work and do something great."

Reuters

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  1. you are a scum bag,

    From onyeka j, on Sat 30 May 8:37PM

  2. Cannavaro has been an outstanding player for Real in­ the last years, especially this year. He will be­ wrokign hard to gain fan's sympathy, and Juve will­ indeed be stronger. The problem is that he will ALWAYS­ be remembered as the selfish who leaves when things get­ tough. Forza Juve!

    From Half A Brain, on Sun 24 May 10:44PM

  3. Juve are getting stronger and will become just how they­ were in the old days, before the match fixing scandal­ they were feared.
    Dont worry about Cannavaro, in his­ head he will be trying his best on the pitch trying to­ win his Juve fans back and also a first start place.­
    Chiellini and Cannavaro will be a brick wall, also­ younger players in the squad can learn so much from­ him. Welcome back to la vecchia signora

    From chrisitalia90, on Thu 21 May 2:08PM

  4. HIGH TIME JUVE GETS WORKING ON THEIR­ DEFENCE..........
    THOUGH OLD BUT HAS THE EXPERIENCE AND­ WHAT IT NEEDS TO BUILD A GOOD DEFENCE LINE WHICH IS­ DESPARETLY IN NEED

    WELCOME BACK CAPTAIN......

    From midroadman, on Wed 20 May 11:00PM

  5. Maybe he isn't at his best any more, but he will­ bring a lot of priceless experience and authority to­ the defense and to the whole team. He's the kind of­ player that gets a team to rough moments. Besides,­ Maldini still had class at old age, so why wouldn't­ Cannavaro?

    From student00606, on Wed 20 May 8:00PM

  6. I don't blame him for leaving. He was just coming­ off a great World Cup. This was "his" chance­ at a huge payoff. Juve could not afford to pay him that­ kind of money and, as they readily admitted, they­ needed the money that they got for his transfer. He may­ not be the player that he used to be, but I welcome him­ with open arms.

    Forza Juve

    From Forza Ferrari, on Wed 20 May 7:15PM

  7. i don't know what to say about htis guy. all the­ time he worked with Juve he was great. the only thing­ he did was leave when he shouldn't have. Bottom­ line is that he is old and i hope he is half as he used­ to be when he was with us. welcome back i guess.

    From eugen, on Wed 20 May 3:33PM
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