The Argentinian Paulo Dybalaplayer of Romecan be punished by a month of disqualification from sports due to a private agreement between the footballer and the Juventus of more than three million euros, which the Prosecutor’s Office is investigating within the framework of the so-called ‘Prism Research’, in relation to the club’s salary maneuvers in the 2020 financial year.
Finance Guard questioned the Argentine for an hour and a half this Tuesday about his last period at Juventus, specifically about the 3 million euros that investigators want to confirm if he was paid by ‘Juve’ and, if they have, in under what concept, the ‘Repubblica’ is now reported.
Article 31 of the Sports Justice Code prohibits clubs from agreeing or paying compensation that violates federative regulations, but it also prohibits players from agreeing to their payment, which if accepted would result in the disqualification of the less than a month, the outlet points out.
All the research starts from the 2020 financial year, when due to the socioeconomic situation generated by the COVID-19 pandemic, ‘Juve’ agreed to postpone payments to some players who were not included in that year’s fiscal year.
The black and white entity -March 2020- reached an agreement with the players where they gave four months of their salary, so the club’s budget was not damaged too much in the middle of the pandemic.
However, a few months later, the Prosecutor’s Office began to investigate this agreement, because it was not a salary waiver, as the Italian club initially reported, but a payment deferral for three out of four months by private agreement . , something against the law, which means savings in the budget of Juventus.
According to the newspaper, the reason for Dybala’s statement comes from a request for compensation -made by the player’s lawyer at ‘Juve’- at the moment the negotiations for a renewal did not come with the ‘Vecchia Signora’ and ended upon his arrival in Roma , his current team. A proposal for compensation for pre-contractual liability of more than 3 million that Juventus included in the new budget as a provision for risks, according to the Italian newspaper.
A figure equal to four months’ salary of the player
The figure is similar to the salary corresponding to the player’s four months in 2020 and that they agreed to postpone to the 2021 season through a private agreement, in a case similar to the one also known as the ‘Secret Letter ‘ of The Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, a document that ‘Juve’ hid in their time and revealed the agreement between the Turin club and the Portuguese star.
Dybala’s statement serves the investigators to find out if there were more agreements made in private and without the consent of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC).
Juventus will face the preliminary hearing in the framework of the ‘Prisma’ operation investigating salary maneuvers and the ‘capital gains case’ -reason for the 15-point sanction in Serie A- on March 27.
Source: La Verdad
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