MILAN, May 13 (Reuters) - Czech winger Pavel Nedved has signed a new one-year contract with Juventus after deciding not to retire, the Serie A side said on Tuesday.
The Turin club have finished third in their first season
back in the top flight following their demotion for match-fixing
in 2006. They will enter the Champions League qualifiers next
season, prompting the 35-year-old left winger to stay.
'At the heart of my decision is the knowledge of having
lived seven extraordinary years here and the wish to relive the
European experience with a team I am deeply attached to,' Nedved
told Juve's website.
Nedved, who almost quit at the end of last season before
signing a similar one-year deal, is expected to make a decision
shortly on whether he will come out of international retirement
and make himself available for the Czechs at Euro 2008.
Juve coach Claudio Ranieri believes the former European
footballer of year will take part in June's tournament in
Austria and Switzerland.
'He is a physically fit player, he has desire, he enjoys
himself,' Ranieri told Reuters.
'I hope...the requests of his team mates in the national
squad will make him come back to play this final European
championship.'
