John Elkann’s decision to inject another 250,000,000 euros into Juventus, with the aim of covering the 66,000,000-euro deficit and providing funds for the necessary reinforcements, is yet another demonstration of the Agnelli-Elkann family’s bond with the ‘Old Lady’ and of the fact that Juve is the only major club in the world that has not changed ownership in more than a century — since 1923, when Elkann’s great-great-grandfather Giovanni Agnelli, Gianni Agnelli’s grandfather, took over the Turin club.##LINKED_NEWS_59137##Over the past seven years, the Elkann-Agnelli family has allocated 1,200,000,000 euros to cover Juventus’ debts and finance the club. Without that enormous financial injection, the Bianconeri would have ended up on the auction block or gone bankrupt. However, Elkann’s generosity has not been matched by results on the pitch. It could be said that, when it comes to football, Elkann resembles Massimo Moratti much more during the 1995–2006 period than he does his grandfather Gianni. In other words, Elkann keeps “pouring” money into the club, but there are no trophies to show for it. In fact, Juve have often even failed to qualify for the Champions League over the past six years.##LINKED_NEWS_60628##The comparison is even more painful for Juventus fans because their biggest rivals, Inter, have almost dominated Serie A while essentially financing themselves. Just as the Moggi-Giraudo-Bettega trio once, without financial assistance from the Agnelli family — between 1995 and 2005, the Agnellis invested just 20 billion lire (10,000,000 euros) in Juve — won the Champions League, reached three more finals and won five Scudetti, plus two that were later stripped following Calciopoli, so Beppe Marotta constructed, practically without a transfer budget, a team that won three Scudetti and reached two Champions League finals and one Europa League final.##LINKED_NEWS_69394##Juventus have won only two Coppa Italia trophies and one Italian Super Cup over the past six years. At the same time, they have changed six coaches and as many as five sporting directors, which is the clearest indication of the disorientation and almost chaotic atmosphere at Continassa. Meanwhile, the Nerazzurri have changed just three coaches, while their long-serving sporting director Piero Ausilio parted ways with the club only a few weeks ago. At Inter, there has almost never been as much order and discipline as there has been over the past six years.##LINKED_NEWS_58788##The 250,000,000-euro capital increase at Juventus, the confirmation of Spalletti as head coach and the granting of increasingly broad powers to Giorgio Chiellini — yesterday, he represented Juventus on his own for the first time at a meeting of European clubs in Copenhagen — provide a solid foundation for changing the negative trend. It seems that Juventus have decided to build, over time, a new team that will dominate Italy and return to the top of European football. In other words, no instant teams and no imperative to win trophies immediately. This is also the context in which Juve’s plans to “Italianise” and rejuvenate their squad should be viewed. Part of the money injected by Elkann is expected to be used to sign newly capped Italy international Alessandro Romano from Cagliari. The task will not be easy, as Inter and a couple of Premier League clubs have already set their sights on the player.21:45: (2.20) Tamworth (3.50) Sutton United (2.95)