Nedved Signs For Juventus
ROME, July 12 (Reuters)(DS) - Juventus completed the signing of Czech
international midfielder Pavel Nedved from Lazio on Thursday for a reported
transfer fee of around 80 billion lire ($35.27 million).
"He has had the medical and has signed," a Juventus spokeswoman said,
without giving details of the contract.
Nedved, 28, joined Lazio from Sparta Prague in the summer of 1996. He
struggled to hold down a first team place at Lazio in his first two seasons
but grew in stature at the club and was an integral part of their Serie A
and Italian Cup double winning side of 2000.
Widely considered the best left-sided player in Serie A, Nedved was part of
the Czech side which reached the final of Euro 96 and has won the Czech
player of the year award three times in the past five years.
Lazio fans have staged sometimes violent protests in recent weeks over the
club's decisions to sell Nedved and Argentine midfielder Juan Veron, who
completed his British-record move to Manchester United earlier on Thursday.
Juventus have been active in the transfer market since they lost out to AS
Roma in the league title fight last month. They have bought goalkeeper
Gianluigi Buffon and French defender Lilian Thuram from Parma and sold
Zinedine Zidane to Real Madrid and striker Filippo Inzaghi to AC Milan.
($1=2268.0 Lire)
