Mohamed Ihattaren claims Sampdoria didn’t pay his salary and admits he is disappointed by his ex-agent Mino Raiola.
The 19-year-old joined Juventus on a permanent deal in the summer but was immediately loaned out to Sampdoria.
He never made his season debut and after a few training sessions, Ihattaren asked for permission to go back to the Netherlands over a personal matter and has not been seen since.
Ihattaren has also left agent Raiola and signed up with Ali Dursun, who already represents Frenkie de Jong and Donny van de Beek.
The former PSV starlet has explained what went wrong in Italy in an interview with De Telegraaf.
“I left because of the circumstances. I often found myself alone, abandoned in a hotel room. I couldn’t take it anymore, all kinds of agreements had not been respected. It was like I didn’t exist,” he said.
“Nothing had been organized, no bank account, no medical insurance. What if I broke my leg at Sampdoria? I didn’t get a salary, I called the team manager and he said we [Sampdoria] pay every two months,’ but it didn’t happen and I got irritated.
“The team manager was the only person I met when I arrived at Sampdoria. I saw people in a suit and I thought they were the chiefs, but I don’t know.
“They could have been taxi drivers. I have no idea who they were and the coach [Roberto] D’Aversa didn’t even know that I was left-footed.”
Sampdoria are going through a tough situation at the club as their ex-president Massimo Ferrero was arrested in December for alleged financial crimes not involving the club. Former defender Marco Lanna was named new President in December.
“I called Raiola and he told me to remain calm,” Ihattaren continued.
“At some point, I entered Ali Dursun’s office and I told him: ‘Help me, I got everything wrong.’ He listened to me and agreed that I was not responsible for what had happened.
“Raiola said that he is worried for me, that he no longer had contacts with me, but he disappointed me.”
Beetje buikpijn gekregen van dit interview met Mohamed Ihattaren. Huilend op het trainingsveld in Genua en geen cent salaris. https://t.co/8hOz8i5Fw5 via @telegraaf
— David (@DavidvUnen) January 13, 2022
Bring this guy back to juve
A typical example of modern day human slavery/trafficking by football agents
Agree bla
Also if your organisation cannot handle basic admin tasks
RUN
Congrats to the kid for standing up for himself. Its a job, pay every 2 months?!
None of what’s written makes any sense. His contractual parent employer are/were Juventus.
People are just ridiculous, I can just come here now and say Mr A owed me money, even if i was the one owning Mr A, and people will start calling him criminal, without know what is what, if someone from Sampdoria decided to talk now you will hear their own side of the story, guys use your head.