The start of a new season was not the best for Juventus, but not because of sporting results but because of its economic situation that moved the bookshelf.
In January the Turin team suffered the removes 15 points for alleged tax gains in his latest contracts, where nothing less than the transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo to Juve appears, among others. With this sanction the team Massimiliano Allegri It was very far from the fight for the Scudetto that has Napoli as the only leader and also being marginalized from the international competition area.
The economic problems then took all the prominence in Juventus, a team that for a long time wants to reappear on the front page of European football, but due to its football reality there are no economic drawbacks.
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Now, with the desire to rearrange the numbers a bit in the club, John ElkannThe renowned Italian businessman, president of Ferrari and a great influence in the Turin team had to not renew the contracts of several footballers who are about to be released.
There are five surnames that appear on this list: the Argentines Ángel say mary and Leandro Wallsthe french andres rabiotthe brazilian alex Sandro and the Colombian Juan Guillermo square. In this way, with the intention of reducing contract costs, all these footballers would leave in the middle of the year as free players.
All of this is for the sole purpose reduce 70 million euros in expenses currently facing the institution. Those targeted then are the players who are close to ending their relationship with the club despite the fact that several of them are starters and have a great present.
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About Angel Di Maria, The Rosario arrived free from PSG in mid-2022 and may have a fleeting spell at Juve.
The striker’s contract expires in June of this year, implying that it will be one of the weight departures. The other Argentine, Leandro Paredes, also came from PSG, but in this case on loan and it ended in June 2023. Following in the footsteps of his teammate and national team, Paredes will leave in the middle of the year.
In any case, the case of the midfielder was already seen coming because he arose in Mouth He was not seeing many minutes on the field and this would lead to his return to Paris or the possibility of finding a new club.
The situation of the other three footballers in question, Rabiot, Alex Sandro and Cuadrado is similar to that of the Argentines. They all have an expiration date on their contracts in June of this year. It is no coincidence that these very important surnames are let go, since They are one of the footballers with the highest salaries that do not adjust to the reality of the club that is facing a new crisis.
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In this way, the intention of the leadership of the Vecchia Signora is to avoid any type of economic problem that leads to worsening the situation, with the drastic end of relegation, something that Juventus already know from what happened in 2006 with the so-called “Calciopoli”. ”.
At that time, the Turin team was involved in the controversy over the fixing of matches with arbitration groups in Serie A, a situation that led them to suffer a severe economic and sports sanction, destining the team to play in the second category.
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