Juventus Considers Leaving European Super League Initiative Amidst Financial Corruption Investigation

A written statement was made by the black and white club regarding the news in the Spanish media that Juventus will withdraw from the European Super League attempt.

In the statement, “Real Madrid and Barcelona clubs, which do not implement the exit procedure from the European Super League project, such as Juventus, have been notified to initiate a period of negotiation between the three clubs to discuss the possible exit of the black and white team from this project.” expression was used. In the statement of Juventus, it was noted that the allegations that UEFA threatened in some news were also incompatible with reality.

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Meanwhile, the Corriere dello Sport newspaper gave this statement of Juventus with the headline “Juventus out of the Super League”, while La Gazzetta dello Sport wrote that the black-and-white club informed the Spanish clubs that it was considering leaving the Super League project.

Andrea Agnelli, the former president of Juventus, which has been under investigation since May 2021 for financial frauds such as unfair capital gains and underplaying football player transfer values, was one of the leading supporters of the European Super League initiative. Agnelli and his board resigned on November 28, 2022, after their names were mentioned in the financial corruption investigation.

The European Super League caused a great reaction in the sports community.

Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Tottenham from England, Milan, Inter and Juventus from Italy, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and Real Madrid from Spain announced on 19 April 2021 that they started the European Super League initiative. According to the first format, the 15 clubs that were the founders of the league, in which 20 teams would take part, would remain in the organization permanently, while the others would be determined according to the success criteria of their leagues.

After the harsh reactions from FIFA, UEFA and the sports public, 9 clubs except Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus announced that they were withdrawing from this organization. UEFA and FIFA warned that 3 teams that did not come out of the formation could face sanctions such as being removed from their affiliated organizations and national leagues, banning players from sending players to international matches. After what happened, the issue was brought to the European Court of Justice.