The Suárez scandal returns: “Juve wanted to speed up the process for citizenship”

The scandal over the Luis Suárez exam makes news in Italy again. The Perugia prosecutor's office published a statement announcing that “the records and investigations confirmed a session constructed 'ad personam' for a farce exam that allowed the achievement of the Italian 'B1' title for the famous player Luis Alberto Suárez, necessary for citizenship” .

The contents of the test, according to the Prosecutor, “had been agreed before to respond to the demands of Juventus, with the aim of obtaining advantages at the image level for the University”. The Guardia di Finanza (Italian financial police), then, suspended the rector Giuliana Grego, the director Simone Olivieri and the teachers from the exam for eight months. The crimes are “disclosure of professional secrecy intended for undue financial gain and ideological documentary falsification in public events.”

Also, The Prosecutor's Office reported that “in the first days of September 2020, the Juventus board of directors was activated, also at its highest institutional levels, to accelerate the achievement of Italian citizenship for Suárez, with new crime hypotheses still under investigation. “The case will still give much to talk about.