Juventus president Andrea Agnelli calls for clear-the-air talks over Calciopoli

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Bola2--Juventus president Andrea Agnelli has invited the Italian football authorities to sit at a table and have it out once and for all over Calciopoli.

The Bianconeri chief called for clear-the-air talks over the scandal, which has being ongoing since 2006 - when the club was stripped of two Serie A titles - one of which was later awarded to Inter.

Juventus have tried to have that Scudetto handed back, but their appeals through the Italian justice system have been rebuffed.

Their latest attempt - an appeal lodged to the TNAS - Italy's national tribunal for arbitration in sport - was rejected.

But Agnelli feels further talks are needed so the intricacies of the match-fixing scandal can be discussed fairly and openly.

"It’s true the atmosphere is getting heated from a legal point of view," Agnelli told the press. 

"We have decided to take a series of steps in the light of the sporting justice system’s responses.

"CONI (Italian Olympic Committee) president [Gianni] Petrucci asked us to take a step back. 

"I say we should all take a step forward together. We can bring harmony back to the sporting world. 

"Football is a business worth hundreds of millions of euros and it needs laws to regulate it.

"We are asking for the chief of Italian sport to call for a political round table. 

"In order to reassure everyone, we have to bring in all the elements that emerged from 2006 until today, but also concentrate all our efforts on developing the sport.

"So much bitterness has been created by past events, but this round table would be a chance to bring calm back to the football community." Goalcom