Juventus Ultras groups have openly blamed President Andrea Agnelli and his administration for the 15-point Serie A penalty. ‘This is worse than 2006. That time we were blameless, but today we pay for the disgusting’ directors.
The Bianconeri were docked 15 points after an investigation found evidence the club wilfully inflated transfer fees to boost their capital gains and help balance the books.
This could only be the beginning, as the punishment was for a reopened trial from May and did not cover all of the transfer deals under investigation.
It also did not regard the alleged payment of wages under the table, having announced formally that players and staff had given up four months of their salaries to help out during the pandemic.
While some Juventus fans are protesting the decision to punish only this club, three of the main ultras groups united to release a statement taking a very different approach.
“This time it is worse than 2006. That time, we were really blameless and what happened came from the necessity of an entity to interrupt the sporting domination that was becoming embarrassing for everyone,” wrote the Drughi, Nab and Viking groups on the Curva Sud Juventus Facebook page.
“That is not the situation today. Today we pay because these disgusting creatures in the director’s booth treated our jersey like an object without a soul.”
It is worth nothing the ultras groups have always been in open warfare with Agnelli and his board of directors, and indeed in this statement they claim the problems started with the construction of the new stadium that was “not built to be our home, but to create a place where clients can pay quick passing visits, ready to spend unthinkable amounts for the experience.”
The statement also accuses the current directors of accepting punishment just as they did demotion to Serie B in 2006 so that they can sell the club to someone else.
“The truth is that the docked 15 points, saying out of Europe and everything else that will follow is just the tip of the iceberg compared to the real punishment, which is that from today it will be much more difficult for a child to fall in love with this jersey, as he is forced to deal with insults without the possibility of defending himself.
“In 10 years we will have very few adolescents cheering on Juventus and it seems incredible those marketing strategy specialists haven’t figured that out, the same ones who are focused on an appeal and pointing to others being cleared.”
And you? Selling peanuts at the stadium. 😂
Yeah. @lord comment usually fun to read