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Ex-Juventus striker Ibrahimovic: Calciopoli Scudetti are MINE!

Former Juventus striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is adamant his two Scudetti won during the Calciopoli period are legitimate.

The Swede was part of the Juve team which was stripped of their titles and relegated for the Calciopoli scandal.

Ibra discusses Calciopoli in his new book 'Adrenalina': "I will continue to feel that the two Scudettos they took away from us are mine.

"How was it possible to give one of the two to someone else? And how did they do it others to accept it? If you disqualify the winner and give me his medal, I don't want it. In fact, you offend me if you give it to me. If I go around with that medal around my neck and say 'I won!', it is unworthy.

"Especially then, after everything that came out after! They often ask me: 'But at Juve, didn't you realise that the referees had suddenly become better?' I answer: 'No, on the pitch I realised that we were the strongest. We only won for this!'

"When I enter the Stadium in Turin and see the number 38 next to the Italian Scudetto, I don't think it's a mistake, I think that's the exact number and that that's true justice. Sports justice in Italy is embarrassing!"

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