The Colombian John Square and the italians Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci appeared this Monday at the Turin Public Prosecutor’s Office (Italy) in relation to the investigation carried out by the Italian financial police into possible falsity in the accounts of Juventus in the 2020 financial year.
In March 2020, the black and white entity reached an agreement with the players by which they renounced four months of their salary, so the club’s budget was not so damaged in the midst of the covid-19 pandemic.
However, According to Italian media, the agreement would not be a salary waiver, but a postponement of payment for three of the four monthsan action that would have meant savings for Juventus by not having included the deferred salary as a debt in its economic balance and having paid the amounts to the players through private agreements.
Square He was the first to go, around 10 in the morning, to answer questions from the prosecutors in the case, known as ‘Prisma’.
Two hours later, the captain of the black and white team appeared, Chielliniwho -according to local media reports- spent about two hours inside the building. Bonucci He came around 3:30 p.m.
Other players like the Argentine Paulo Dybalathe brazilian alex sandro and the italian Federico Bernardeschi they were already questioned at the end of March. It is expected that more players will come to clarify to the competent bodies this wage reduction maneuver that involves club managers, including the president Andrea Agnelli and the vice president, the Czech Pavel Nedved.
The prosecutor’s office is carrying out an investigation into the ‘Vecchia Signora’ that began at the end of last year due to irregularities in the sale of players, to which is now added this new angle on the payment of the players’ salaries, but the footballers who appear before the Prosecutors only talk about the latter, about what is related to the issue of the salary waiver in March 2020.