Juventus Penalty: The Worst Is Still Yet To Come
This post is the second and last part covering the Juventus penalty. For more context, make sure to check out part 1
Around the time the Cristiano/Juventus deal happened and the rumour that it is what resulted in the resignation of Giuseppe Marotta, the picture had become clear to Cheney. He understands what is happening but cannot prove it, which is why the Prisma case plaintiff's role was decisive in his case. The problem is that all of this coincided with two other investigations that the situation in Juventus could not bear.
The first is led by the “Club Financial Control Body of the European Union”, referred to as “CFCB”, and the reason is that it had signed a settlement agreement with a number of clubs two years ago, including Juventus, aimed at rescheduling existing debts to ensure their continuity. and avoid bankruptcy. This settlement was reopened after Juventus' debts for the past fiscal year exceeded a quarter of a billion euros (250 million euros) a new record in the history of Italian football, only it is a record that Juventus would not like to keep in its records.
The second investigation is led - not so surprisingly - by Giuseppe Cheney himself, but it looks at various financial details related to the postponement and transfer of salaries in Juventus during the pandemic, which revealed, according to preliminary investigations and leaks from monitoring calls to members of the Juventus administration, headed by Agnelli, that the news announced at the time about withholding salaries 4 months of the players wasn't real.
What Cheney claims is that the players have given up just one month's salary, while taking the remaining three months in unrecorded payments, to cut down on the club's official expenses. At the end of this thread, you will find what is known as "Carta Ronaldo"; A secret agreement that was signed between Juventus and Ronaldo to obtain the salaries of the pandemic outside the official accounts, according to which the old lady owes Cristiano nearly 20 million euros.
Some reports confirm that Ronaldo is determined to obtain these amounts and that his desire may double the penalties for Juventus if he submits a copy of this agreement. Until now, Turin's public prosecutor and Giuseppe Cheney are still trying to communicate with Cristiano's lawyer, but they have not succeeded in concluding any agreements.
This particular case may practically end the current Juventus season and may plunge it into a continuous crisis for several seasons to come, and the only opportunity available to improve conditions now is to appeal to the Italian Olympic Court, the highest sports judicial entity in Italy, whose role is limited to ensuring the validity of the procedures led by Cheney. And the Turin Public Prosecutor to reach this ruling, or cancel it and go back to square one. There are no other possibilities here.
Cheney will not stop here. In fact, the man announced a few days ago that he would launch a similar investigation into the transfer of Nigerian Victor Osimhen from France's Lille to Napoli, and the reason is similar suspicious patterns without explanation; The initial agreement was 72 million euros and 10 million in additions, then it was announced that this amount included the equivalent of 20 million euros in the form of exchanged players, 4 players in particular, including a goalkeeper who did not play a single match in a Lille's shirt, and three others who were loaned directly and then their contracts were terminated.
What is remarkable about all of this is the degree of recklessness in covering such deals, as if club officials do not care, or do not believe that anyone will be able to pursue them or catch the beginning of the thread. When you sell a player's contract and get a sum of money and four players and then get rid of them all without even playing a single game for your team, and you expect that no one will question it, that is a tremendous underestimation.
The story will not stop at Juventus, and even if it were to stop in Turin, gloating would not have helped, because it also did not work after “Calciopoli” in 2006. These scandals kill the credibility of the entire league, and the fans lose confidence in their clubs, and in the reality of the matches they watch. And pushes everyone towards more conspiracy theories in an attempt to imagine what they do not know yet, although we are not sure whether they are just “theories” now.
These scandals, especially those in which a large number of clubs and officials are involved, turn the entire league into a farce. While Italians fight in the stands with chants sometimes and punch at other times, driven by their affection and belonging to their clubs, even if they exaggerate the matter sometimes, administrations rule by balances of interests and scandals. And these issues are what give them a look behind the scenes, a revealing look that makes them feel angry, and thus violence escalates in and outside the stands, just as it happened in 2006.
This is one of the scenes that, once seen, is impossible to erase from memory, and it takes a long time to recover from it. It's like being in the middle of watching an exciting action movie, and at the height of the action, when the anticipation reaches its limit, you hear the director's voice commenting on detail, and you realize that everything has been spoiled and that you can no longer deal with the movie seriously again, and relive its events. It became impossible, and you may even get angry with yourself because you believed it. The problem here is that we don't really know the identity of the director.
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Match fixing, the curse of planet football
Genoa demoted for match-fixing
Calciopoli: The scandal that rocked Italy and left Juventus in Serie B
Italian football rocked by fresh match-fixing scandal
Catania demoted to Italian football’s third tier after match-fixing scandal
Why Juventus were deducted points and impact on Italian football — and Tottenham
Juventus’ 15-point deduction explained – The Athletic Football Podcast
Juventus deducted 15 points for current Serie A season
Juventus should be given nine-point penalty — federal prosecutor
Juventus' Transfer History
Udinese's Record Deals
Bologna FC Record Deals
UC Sampdoria Record Deals
Genoa CFC Record Deals
How is Juventus, Manchester United and Ronaldo's Secret Deal Connected?
Italian prosecutor targets Napoli next after Juventus fiasco
The Juventus scandal is awful for the whole of Serie A. It could be crippling