In the Suarez case, Juventus is not guilty. Though wanted to buy the player. Though to do so he needed to become Italian and, therefore, to pass the B1 language exam. Though Luigi Chiappero, a lawyer from the firm that assists the Juventus club, called the University for Foreigners of Perugia, explaining that in the future they would use that faculty for other players. Though, following this (intercepted) phone call, the top management of the university took action by paving the way for the Uruguayan although they do not know Italian at all. but yet Juventus is not guilty and – for the moment, as Colonel Sarri said – not even investigated. We say this without irony and with absolute seriousness, because the laws deserve respect and the presumption of innocence is a cornerstone of our judicial system.
However, there is a sentence that is not decided by the magistrates or even by the judges: is the one that comes from violation of common feeling, of the sense of fairness, of respect for moral rulesthe. This condemnation is not received in the courtrooms, but by looking around, breathing the indignation of the people, living the anger of those who do not enjoy privileges but fight so that what belongs to them is recognized. Well, Juventus is already guilty of this.
The Juventus image that emerges from the Suarez case is that of an innocent and arrogant society, without blame and without limits. Read the letter that the lawyer Maria Turco wrote to explain her phone call to Simone Olivieri, director general of the University of Perugia. It is not a clarification, it is not an explanation: it is an act of presumption, because it includes the belief that the interlocutors are unable to understand. How can, on a page and a half, avoid mentioning Juventus, who is a party to the dispute and to which he refers directly and indirectly several times, and who has been assisted by the Chiappero firm since time immemorial? And how can – but this is almost comical – argue that the company “had then explicitly changed market objectives”? Is Maria Turco a lawyer or a football player’s agent? Where is an official statement from a Juventus manager regarding the abandonment of the Suarez track? How can this lady know the transfer market moves of the Juventus club if she doesn’t even mention it in her letter?
It would be a comedian, in fact. If it wasn’t sucks.
@steagresti
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