Juventus appointed former player and vice president Roberto Bettega as deputy director general on Wednesday in a bid to halt their slide in form.

Bettega, who will act as a bridge between under pressure coach Ciro Ferrara and recently named president Jean Claude Blanc, left as a director after the 2006 match-fixing scandal although he was not implicated in any wrongdoing.

"I will immediately get to work for my Juve," Bettega said in a club statement.

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