Juve's Ronaldo deal prompts strike from Fiat workers

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles workers in Melfi will go on strike after the club, who are owned by the same company, signed the Portugal superstar

Juventus spending €100 million (£88m/$117m) on Cristiano Ronaldo has been followed by an Italian trade union announcing Fiat workers in Melfi will go on strike.

Juve, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and CNH Industrial (CNHI) are all owned by the holding company Exor, which is controlled by the Agnelli family.

The Serie A champions' move for the five-time Ballon d'Or winner has prompted a fierce response from the Unione Sindicale di Base (USB), which declared workers at a plant in the south of the country will down tools from July 15 until July 17.