Juve Stars on �200,000 to Beat Reds
By Sunday Mirror Staff
Juventus will pay their players �200,000 a man if they can end Manchester
United's European dream.
The mega-rich Italian giants wasted no time giving their players an extra
incentive to knock United out of the European Cup after they were drawn to
meet each other in the semi-final.
If Juventus dispatch Alex Ferguson's treble-chasers, the players will share
more than �2million. A Final place could be worth 10 times that figure to
the club.
United, fresh from victory against Inter Milan in the quarter-finals,
believe Juventus's indifferent form this season will undermine their
challenge.
But the Serie A champions, who have appeared in the last three European Cup
Finals, have been beaten by United just once in four meetings in the
competition over the last three seasons.
United, who face the Italians in the first leg at Old Trafford on April 8,
will pay their top players �150,000 if they win the European Cup.
Last season United stormed into the knock-out stages of the competition
after finishing top of their Champions' League group ahead of Juventus - and
off the back of a memorable 3-2 win at Old Trafford.
But a 1-0 defeat in the final group game in Turin gave Juventus a European
lifeline and they went on to contest the Final against Real Madrid while
United were knocked out in the quarter-finals against French Champions
Monaco.
