Paulo Dybala, a Roma player,
could be sanctioned with a month of
sports disqualification for a private agreement between the footballer and Juventus of more than three million euros, which the Prosecutor's Office is investigating within the framework of what is known as the 'Prism Investigation', related with the club's salary maneuvers in the 2020 financial year.
The Finance Guard questioned the Argentine for an hour and a half this Tuesday about his final stage at Juventus, specifically about the
3 million euros
that the investigators wanted to confirm if 'Juve' had paid him and, if they had, under what concept, reported today the 'Repubblica'.
Article 31 of the Code of Sports Justice prohibits clubs from agreeing or paying compensation that violates federal regulations, but it also prohibits players from agreeing to their payment, which if received would result in a disqualification of not less than one 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 defer payments to certain players who were not included in that year's fiscal year.
The black and white entity reached an agreement -March 2020- with the players for which they gave up four months of their salary, so the club's budget was not so damaged in the midst of a pandemic.
However, months later, the Prosecutor's Office began to investigate this agreement, since it was not a waiver of salary, as the Italian club initially reported, but a deferral of payment for three of the four months through a private agreement. , something illegal, which meant savings in the Juventus budget.
Dybala during his time at the Vecchia Signora.
Photo REUTERS/Massimo Pinca
The reason for Dybala's statement arises from a request for compensation -made by the player's lawyer to 'Juve'- once the negotiations for a renewal that did not come with the 'Vecchia Signora' and ended with his arrival at the club were finished. Rome, his current team.
A proposal for compensation for pre-contractual liability of more than 3 million that Juventus has included in the new budget as a provision for risks, according to the Italian newspaper.
The
figure is similar to the salary corresponding to four months of the player
during 2020 and that they would have agreed to defer in the 2021 season through a private agreement, in a case identical to the one also known as the 'Secret Letter' of the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, a document that 'Juve' hid in their day and revealed the agreement between the Turin club and the Portuguese star.
Dybala's statement serves investigators to find out if there are more agreements made privately and without the consent of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC).
Juventus will face the preliminary hearing within the framework of the 'Prisma' operation that investigates salary maneuvers and the 'capital gains case' -reason for a 15-point sanction in Serie A- on March 27.
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