Del Piero passes on Ajaccio offer

Alessandro Del Piero will stay with Sydney FC in the A-League after turning down an opportunity to play in Ligue 1 with AC Ajaccio. The Corsican side revealed its attempt to lure the 38-year-old to the French league on their website but cited family needs and financial conditions as preventing an offseason transfer. In addition to a return to Europe, the attraction to Ajaccio for Del Piero was the recent appointment of his former Juventus teammate Fabrizio Ravanelli as manager of the Bears. Acco...