Soccer Extreme : League Serie A threatened walkout of players this year, after negotiations between the players association and the League Serie A deadlock.The players are still not satisfied with the two items in the collective contract clause established by the Italian League. One clause prohibits a player refuses a transfer when the contract is almost complete. One more thing is, though it was out of contract, the player must still follow the pre-season training with his club.
Last month, the players association and the League Serie A reached an agreement to cancel the strike on 24 and 25 September 2010. However, when the players association asserts, if the new contract is not satisfactory, then they will hold a strike on 30 November.
President of Serie A, Maurizio Beretta, Tuesday (10/26/2010) expects President FIGC (Italian football federation), Giancarlo Abete, hands down, after both sides failed to find agreement on Monday (25/10/2010).
AC Milan defender Massimo Oddo, representing the players association said, the players open for negotiations. However, the League of Serie A as if building a wall to avoid negotiations.
Serie A had a bad experience about the strike players. This action was done in March 1996, when the players protested the implementation of the Bosman law in Italy. (brandimposter)