Repubblica – Another hard blow to Juve’s accounts: Cristiano Ronaldo won

Yesterday the Arbitration Board condemned Juventus to pay the Portuguese in arrears of 9.8 million euros

Yesterday the Arbitration Board condemned Juventus to pay Cristiano Ronaldo in arrears of 9.8 million euros. “Ronaldo, supported by lawyers John Shehata and Salvatore Pino, asked for the entire back sum: 19.5 million euros. But the arbitration award wanted to exclude Juve’s desire to deceive the player with the salary maneuver”, underlines Repubblica.

“Juventus’ defense claimed that CR7 had given up on asserting any economic claim against the club in the Transfer Agreement signed with Manchester United in 2021. In fact, the contract for the Juventus club would contain a clause that would replace any previous agreement with Juventus and a The player’s express renunciation of any dispute. Furthermore, for Juve there would have been no agreement on the salary supplements linked to the 2nd salary maneuver, or in any case it would not have been finalized. But CR7’s signature was missing this position of the Juventus club is not recognised.”

“There are no references to the money that Ronaldo should have, nor can it be deduced why such a thing “is not presumed”, it is stated. And there is nothing that says that that money is no longer owed. Not only that: the award arbitration also refers to the investigation by the Guardia di Finanza into the accounts and to a famous note, recalling that in that sea of ​​papers “there is a conversation between the General Counsel Cesare Gabasio and the manager Federico Cherubini in which concerns and hypotheses of delay are referred to relating to the amount of 19 million”. And these and other conversations “would be completely irrational if there had actually been a waiver of Cristiano’s rights”.