Paulo Dybala reportedly admitted that his salary agreement with Juventus did not reflect the official statement made by the club but never discussed it with Fabio Paratici and Pavel Nedved.
The Bianconeri have been handed a 15-point deduction due to financial irregularities and could be even more in trouble if a new sporting trial takes place, looking into the salaries they allegedly paid under the table after the peak of the COVID pandemic.
Juventus announced in March 2020 that players and staff members would give up to four months’ wages, but Dybala allegedly told investigators that the agreement did not mirror the club’s official statement.
“We were supposed to receive three months’ salary, the statement did not reflect what happened,” Dybala said, according to several Italian media, including Calciomercato.com.
“The proposal was to give up to four months’ wages, but we players did not agree. The agreement was that we would receive a salary for three more months the following season, giving up to just one.
“Many of us were surprised when we were asked to renounce four months’ salary and we said no. We had a Whatsapp group chat, it was a confusing period because some of us were abroad. We decided to decide together, we could agree or not, but we have to do it as a unit. I don’t remember discussing this with Paratici or Nedved,” continued the Roma striker, who left Juventus at the end of his contract in June.
“By reading the [official] statement, I can say that it’s not what we had agreed. There was written that we would renounce four months’ wages, not that we would have received three months’ salary anyway.”
Investigators allegedly found several private agreements between Juventus and their players, which were not registered within the FIGC or their balance sheet. For this reason, the Bianconeri could receive another punishment and players who signed the documents be banned for more than a month.