Dec 13 : Juventus manager Luciano Spalletti welcomed John Elkann and the Agnelli family's decision not to sell their majority stake in the Serie A club, and said it was now up to those on the football side to build a better future.

On Saturday, the Agnelli family's holding company Exor rejected an all-cash offer from crypto firm Tether to buy its entire stake in Italy's most successful club.

"Juve has been part of my family for 102 years," Exor CEO Elkann said in a video on Juventus' website.

"Juve is part of a much, much larger family, the Bianconeri family, made up of millions of fans in Italy and around the world who love Juve the way you love the people closest to you.

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