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(29 Jun 2003)
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1. Wide shot of castle owned by Perugia football club owner Luciano Gaucci
2. Castle courtyard
3. Perugia's fans and Gaucci
4. Zoom in to banner saying: "Welcome Saadi"
5. Moammar Gadhafi's son Saadi Al Gadhafi entering castle
6. Cutaway fans clapping
7. Saadi Al Gadhafi (left) Luciano Gaucci (centre) and Gaucci's sons (right) pose for photographs
8. Gadhafi and Gaucci holding No.19 Perugia jersey with Saadi written on back
9. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Saadi Al Gadhafi, Moammar Gadhafi's son:
"When I decided to come to Perugia I knew it wouldn't be easy. I left the World Cup organisation in Libya, the elections of the African Football Association and many other responsibilities which need my presence. But I'm aware that this is an experience I have to have."
10. Cutaway media
11. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Saadi Al Gadhafi, Moammar Gadhafi's son:
"This time with Perugia, is the first time I totally leave my precedent (previous) life to play football exclusively, even for a temporary time (period)."
12. Rear view media
13. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Luciano Gaucci, Perugia's owner:
"It is an honour to have in our team a person as important as Saadi Al Gadhafi. We believe that besides the benefit to our image, he is a good player, with a good athletic training, who will improve with us and all his good abilities will be very helpful for Perugia."
14. Castle
Saadi Al Gadhafi Press Office
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15. Gadhafi playing for Libya's national team
STORYLINE
Saadi Al Gadhafi, son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, signed as a player for top-division Italian club Perugia on Sunday.
The contract is for two years for a total of 600,000 Euros (684,780 US dollars).
Gadhafi, who resigned from the Libyan club Ittihad earlier this month to clear the way for his move to Italy, was presented with a red No. 19 Perugia jersey by team owner Luciano Gaucci, cleaning enterprise magnate.
The presentation was held at Gaucci's castle in Torre Alfina, a little town southwest of Perugia.
Gadhafi, 28, who took part in a going-away match with the Libyan national team on Friday in Tripoli, already has business relations with three other clubs in Italy, including part ownership of top club Juventus and second-division team Triestina, as well as a merchandising arrangement with Lazio of Rome.
Perugia has finished in the middle of the Serie A standings the past few seasons, including a tie for ninth this year.
Italian media have speculated that Perugia was engaging Gadhafi, an attacking midfielder, purely for publicity, but Gaucci and coach Serse Cosmi have denied those reports and promoted Gadhafi's merits as an athlete.
A self-acknowledged fanatical fan of Italian soccer, Gadhafi was largely responsible for Libya's hosting the Italian Supercup final between Juventus and Parma in Tripoli last August.
The North African country is also bidding to host the 2010 World Cup.

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