Del Piero book lauches

December 22, 1999
Juventus Official Site

Representing Juventus at the launch of the book by Xavier Jacobelli and Debora Bonetti, "Caro Alex ti scrivo" [Dear Alex I'm writing to you] were MD Antonio Giraudo, managing director Luciano Moggi and commercial director Romy Gai. The Juve star himself was represented by his agent Claudio Pasqualin. In the book you can read all the fan mail (divided up into subjects) sent into Tuttosport by Del Piero fans and see just how well-loved the player is. Massimo Fiandro provides a plethora of statistics to mull over while there is a fascinating photo gallery with pictures of Alex from his first communion right up to his footballing triumphs on the international scene. The preface is by Giovanni Agnelli. The authors stressed that the proceeds will go to professor Veronesi's cancer research.

Both fans and club officials were unstinting in their praise for Del Piero, who has been a stalwart for Juventus in an age where players seem to switch clubs on a whim. And his future looks pretty rosy too:

ANTONIO GIRAUDO: "First and foremost I have had the good fortune to meet the two authors, very professional people (as the book demonstrates) with a very human side (as shown by their decision to give the proceeds to cancer research, a cause very close to our hearts). Del Piero is a stalwart, a rare breed in today's football. He has great professional and human qualities and is a very intelligent person. We have never even entertained the idea of a Juventus without him. He is a fine player who also has plenty of charisma. He has a very long contract and we don't think he could leave Juventus, the team which he has grown up in as a professional player. For the past and the future you can happily talk about a Bianconero career for Del Piero."

LUCIANO MOGGI: "He's a stalwart. He has shown how attached he is to the [Juventus] shirt, especially after the complicated negotiations which led to the renewal of his contract. Alex will continue to show this because he is not like other players, who, for one reason or another are unhappy and move to another club. Del Piero has shown his love for Juventus in so many ways, one is undoubtedly the huge determination he has on the pitch. Sometimes it is misplaced but he wants to win, everything!"

Claudio Pasqualin highlighted the huge amount of mail sent in by Del Piero fans and collated by the authors of "Caro Alex ti scrivo" and wanted to quote the birthday messages which came flooding in to juventus.com - which are published in full in December's issue of the official club magazine "Hurrà Juventus".
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