Earthquake at Juventus! The entire administration resigned, including President Agnelli.

Andrea Agnelli, the president of Juventus, one of the Italian Serie A teams, and all the board members resigned.

An important event occurred at the black and white club at night, within the framework of the investigation called “Prism”, which has been carried out by the Turin Attorney General’s Office since May 2021, into irregularities in Juventus’ financial accounts. .

In the statement made on the website of the black and white club, the board of directors meeting today under the presidency of Andrea Agnelli addressed the accusation of irregularity regarding the financial accounts of the Turin Attorney General’s Office for the periods 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 and the deficiencies identified by the Italian Market Supervisory Board (CONSOB) regarding this process.

EVERYONE INCLUDING AGNELLI, NEDVED, ARRIVABENE…

In the statement, it was indicated that the entire board of directors, especially the president Andrea Agnelli, the vice president Pavel Nedved and the executive director Maurizio Arrivabene, decided to resign, saying: “Considering the importance of technical legal and accounting issues, the members of ” The Board of Directors decided that Juventus will be willing to address these issues. They felt it was in the interest of the club to recommend it for a new board.” expression was used.

In the club’s statement, it was noted that the executive president Arrivabene will remain in office until January 18, 2023, when the general assembly will take place, and Maurizio Scanavino has been appointed as the club’s general manager.

The Italian press announced the resignation of President Agnelli and the board of directors with the headline “Earthquake at Juventus”.

SENT TO EMPLOYEES: INTEGRITY IS BROKEN

Media reports have commented that the resignations at Juventus are linked to new developments in the prosecution’s investigation and CONSOB’s finding of significant deficiencies in financial transactions.

In news from the ANSA agency, President Agnelli sent an email to the club’s employees and said: “We are going through a sensitive moment as a community. The whole is broken. It’s better to leave everyone together and give a new administration a chance to change this game.” He was said to have used the words.

La Gazzetta dello Sport drew attention to the end of “one of the most successful periods” of the black and white club with the resignation of Andrea Agnelli.

In the 12 years that Agnelli presided over, Juventus rebuilt their stadium in 2011, achieving unattainable success as Serie A champions for 9 consecutive years in the 2012-2021 period.

During the presidency of Andrea Agnelli, Juventus entered the European Super League on April 19, 2021 with the clubs Arsenal from England, Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Tottenham, Milan from Italy, Inter, Atlético de Madrid from Spain, Barcelona and Real Madrid. one of the teams that announced the decision to establish the league.

After the intense reaction of FIFA, UEFA, country federations and fans, 9 clubs withdrew from this project, while Juventus, under the direction of Agnelli, as well as Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​​​continued to bet on the Super League project. european.

INVESTIGATION “PRISM”

The Turin Attorney General’s Office has been investigating Juventus under the name “Prisma” since May 2021 on suspicion that the black and white club made unfair capital gains through transfers and footballer salaries in 2019-2020 and 2020- 2021. .

As part of the investigation, searches were also carried out at the club’s offices in Turin, Milan and Rome in November 2021 and March 2022.

Some managers and footballers Paulo Dybala, Alex Sandro and Federico Bernardeschi, who were at the black and white club during the aforementioned period, were summoned by the Prosecutor’s Office to testify in the framework of the investigation.

In addition to the judicial investigation by the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Italian Football Federation’s Sports Prosecutor’s Office (FIGC) also sanctioned 11 clubs, along with Juventus, for unfair capital gains in April, but these clubs and 61 managers were acquitted in FIGC investigation. (AA)