A document published by Il Corriere della Sera appears to prove Juventus still owe money to Cristiano Ronaldo, so according to La Repubblica, the Portuguese star could sue his former club.
The Bianconeri are facing a financial investigation and are accused, among other things, of having hidden payments to their footballers after the COVID pandemic.
Cristiano Ronaldo was part of the team when the Bianconeri announced players would give up four months’ wages to help the team financially in March 2020.
However, some of them may have received payments under the table as seemingly proved by documents sized by Guardia Di Finanza over the last few months.
Investigators believe Juventus used private agreements with players, not registered within the FIGC or in their financial statements, promising them money they hadn’t received during the peak of the COVID pandemic.
One of the documents published by Il Corriere della Sera was aimed at Cristiano Ronaldo. The subject line is ‘Integrative Award Agreement – Integrative Writing.’
In the document, Juventus confirmed their financial commitments towards CR7 saying that they’d deliver ‘the Supplementary Bonus Agreement reproduced on the federal forms ‘Other Scriptures’ not available today, and the Supplementary Writing duly signed.’
In another part of the document, the club writes that ‘In the event that, following a final transfer, the condition established for the maturation of the identified bonuses (…) cannot occur, you will be entitled to receive an incentive to the exodus.’
It is only signed by former Juventus director Paratici and not by Cristiano Ronaldo, who according to Repubblica, never received it. It is believed that Juventus still owe the Portuguese star €19.6m and CR7 could now sue his former club to get the money.
This is believed to be the document that ‘should have not theoretically existed’ as Juventus director Cesare Gabasio told Federico Cherubini in a wiretap published by Italian media.
Ronaldo left Juventus in the summer of 2021, returning to Manchester United.
He should. He’s surely strapped for cash.
I hear She-Hulk is looking for new clients.
Now counter sue him for breaking vivid protocol by flying to Dubai against regulations to be with his boat while the team was playing
But if Ronaldo did not sign it, is it still valid?
There’s no agreement if the other party doesn’t sign otherwise I can draft an agreement that Inter owe me 20 million, sign it and then sue Inter. Contract law doesn’t work like that.
Maybe Agnelli can cover these unexpected costs by selling some Max Allegri NFTs?
If you had an agreement in principal and evidence of such, the document is not determinative. Thats how contract law works.