The Turin prosecutors suspect that Juventus established relationships with other Serie A teams that could endanger the fairness of the competition.
Director Federico Cherubini was caught ranting about Sassuolo while negotiating for Manuel Locatelli (via Calcio e Finanza).
“What kind of partnership do we have if I’m treated like a first-time costumer and they set the same conditions for us as for Arsenal’s Edu, whom they never met. What purpose did the €8M for Merih Demiral serve, whom they didn’t even know? Or our help for Stefano Sensi? Simone Zaza’s valorization? And the €13M for Pol Lirola?”
The detectives believe the ties with Atalanta to be fishy too. An alleged side letter forced them to purchase a youngster for €3M in the Dejan Kulusevski deal. La Dea paid €7M for Simone Muratore. They got the money back in the triangulation involving Demiral and Cristian Romero, whom Tottenham acquired after hiring Fabio Paratici.
Juventus also had a pre-existent debt with Udinese, as youth exec Giovanni Manna complained.
“It forced us to sign Mattia Compagnon for €4.5M and Martin Palumbo on loan.”
Empoli and Sampdoria were also embroiled with the Bianconeri, Corriere della Sera informs. The wiretaps also revealed deals that didn’t happen, La Gazzetta dello Sport relays. Manchester United targeted Weston McKennie. Andrea Agnelli and Cherubini debated:
“We’d sell him in a €50M swap. They offered Danny Van de Beek, who’s a good player, but we don’t need somebody in his role. If they proposed a different player, the valuation could be higher.”
Juventus also examined trades with Tottenham, Mattia De Sciglio for Danny Rose, and PSG, Emre Can for Leandro Paredes. Moreover, they had earmarked Erling Haaland, Donyell Malen, Sandro Tonali, Gianluigi Donnarumma, and Marash Kumbulla.
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