Juventus have sold midfielder Patrick Vieira to Inter Milan for €9.5 million - less than half what they paid for the French international a year ago.

Juventus said in a statement that it booked a capital loss of €8.6 million on the sale, part of an exodus of players from the Turin club following a match-fixing scandal that led to their demotion to the second-tier Serie B league.

Juve bought Vieira in July 2005 for €20 million from Arsenal. He played for Juventus only for one season in 2005-06.

Vieira, a candidate to take over from Zinedine Zidane as captain of France's national side, is the latest player to leave Juventus after the club were relegated to Serie B for conspiring with referees and linesmen to rig games during last season.

Inter were awarded the 2005-06 Italian league title last week after a sports tribunal revoked Juventus's title win.