If you look at the current Serie A table, Juventus is currently in 8th position, while Inter Milan is just one place above. But if you look at the financial table, there is no doubt – both clubs are champions of the league! Juventus recently set a new all-time Serie A record by posting losses of 254.3 million euros, beating the previous record set by Inter last year of 245.6 million. AC Milan, the current champions are AC Milan, for the better part of a decade were struggling to function as a competitive football club and were in constant loses too. The future looks better since RedBird Capital Partners took over the club, but Rossonerri are still in debt and operate under a tight budget.Igli #Tare 🎙”#Juve, #Inter, #Milan & #Roma were technically bankrupt but are being kept alive by the system. Only #Udinese, #Napoli & #Lazio are still fully family owned in #SerieA. Corporations only have commercial interests and don’t represent passion & love for the game.” pic.twitter.com/UzUq0HpwWT— LazioLand (@Lazio_Land) October 15, 2022 But, according to long-time Lazio sporting director, all these clubs, including arch rivals Roma are in fact bancrupt. Former Lazio player and now a club executive, Igli Tare recently spoke at an event at the LUISS University in Rome on the evolution of sport and the economic profiles of clubs.“There are only four clubs in Italy that are still owned by families: Udinese, Atalanta, Lazio and Napoli. I am in favour of that type of ownership, because multi-national corporations only have commercial interests and you lose the joy of football, that passion and love for the sport.Those funds work with algorithms and don’t care about the history of the club or the city“ said Tare, although technically Atalanta are now co-owned by an American fund.Juve is the proud owner of the league’s new negative recordLong time sporting director explained that the biggest club in the country are in fact bancrupt.”I am an old-school fan. This is my 15th year at Lazio, I am fortunate to work with a club that has a virtuous approach to finances. Today there are clubs, such as Juventus, Roma, Milan and Inter, who are technically bankrupt, but they are kept alive because the system needs them. It is important that we have more clubs who look to the long-term with projects” said Tare.Roma are better! Lazio president questions the club’s fans and their loyaltyLazio’s director also criticized modern football and it’s packed calender, calling the Conference League, won by rivals Roma last season ‘useless’.“We are driving a Ferrari that will crash sooner or later. In football we invent useless competitions like the Conference League, which I call the losers’ competition, or the Europa League, which have no value for the revenue they produce. We invent extra competitions, even the Nations League with national teams and footballers who become robots. We play every two and a half days now and the footballers cannot recover. This is not human. To generate more revenue, we generate more problems. Football has taken the wrong path” concluded Tare.SERIE A – MATCHDAYSaturday Empoli – Monza 1-0 (1-0)/Haas 11/Torino – Juventus 0-1 (0-1)/Vlahovic 74/Atalanta- Sassuolo 2-1 (1-1)/Pasalic 45-+2, Lookman 46 – Kyriokolopus 41/Sunday Inter – Salernitana 2-0 (1-0)/Lautaro 14, Barella 58/Lazio – Udinese 0-0Spezia – Cremonese 2-2 (2-1)/Nzola 19, Holm 22 – Dessers 2, Pickel 52/Napoli – Bologna x-x (1-1)/Jesus 45 – Zirkzee 41/Verona – Milan 1-2 (1-1)/Gunter 19 – Veloso 8(og), Tonali 81/Monday 19.30: (5.40) Sampdoria (3.70) Roma (1.79)21.45: (3.90) Lecce (3.25) Fiorentina (2.19)***odds are subject to change
