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09:45 – The last Juventus Shareholders’ Meeting chaired by the president Andrea Agnelli takes place and by the other members of the BoD who resigned on November 28th. Work will begin at 10: Tuttomercatoweb brings you back statements of the protagonists.
10:05 – The Shareholders’ Meeting begins with statements by Massimo Della Ragione (Independent director and chairman of the risk committee): “Juventus has had to face unprecedented challenges in recent months. The BoD analyzed elements received from the authorities, it was a very demanding job in the interests of Juventus and all the shareholders. Between September and December we met more than 10 times , during the same period it met regularly with the auditors. Additional reflections and analyzes were requested. Following the work carried out, the Board decided to revise some estimates, communicating them to the market in full transparency. The Board continues to exercise the governance on other topics. After completing our work and completing the financial statements as of June 30, 2022, we have shared the underlying reasons. We have supported the company in this phase”.
Andrea Agnelli takes the floor: “The decision to step down as president was not an easy one. In addition to loving Juve, I have always worked hard to achieve the best results on and off the pitch and those results have been extraordinary. It was a decision I made in a convinced manner and in complete serenity. The company is called to defend its position. I am personally convinced of the good work of these years, an opinion also confirmed in recent weeks by the analyzes of numerous experts, and the remarks against us are not justified: Juventus will demonstrate its good and legitimate reasons in every venue. Nonetheless, the club must continue along the path started to protect the club’s interests. For this reason, I thought it appropriate to take a step back, to avoid that one could even think that the choices and the decisions that will be made from here on out were conditioned by my personal involvement.It has been an honor to be president of the Juventus which therefore comes before everything and everyone. Until the end”.
Word to Roberto Spada, chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors: “The Board of Statutory Auditors, on the occasion of the financial statements of 5 December, asked the Board of Directors to deepen some issues. The Board examined them and the Board took note of them. Also with reference to the salary maneuver and the issue of capital gains, distinct and non-overlapping, invited the company to strengthen internal procedures”.
11:10 – Space for the interventions of the shareholders.
The shareholder Luciano Moggi takes the floor: “This applause moves me. Many are wondering why I asked to come and speak. I feel like saying a few things, I came for three reasons. I came to understand the situation of our budget, because I don’t take much account of it that I read. Then to thank Agnelli, nine championships are not won easily. They are those things that are difficult to understand, but those who are inside know how difficult it is. In a club that has never defended itself or has not been able to defend itself, for this reason he has become a toy in the hands of many, especially the media. It is an epithet given to Juventus ‘He wins because he steals’, but it is not true because he has always won on the pitch and has never stolen anything from anyone. Maybe they stole something from us, as in the flood of Perugia. They stole it from us the following year, when Roma won the championship and the president of CONI changed the rules in the running by letting Nakata play in Turin who decided the game by scoring a goal. then for visa passports I hear a few words: they sing brothers of Italy, then the national team manager is the one who forged Recoba’s passport. Italy is this. I know how Agnelli worked, it’s a difficult thing to explain. I am someone who is used to living and not existing, I still fight for Calciopoli. We have been blamed for things that others have done. Andrea here I have a box with a key, here is all of Calciopoli. Here you will hear Carraro say that Fiorentina and Lazio cannot relegate, that he says don’t help Juve before the match against Milan.”
12:10 – Andrea Agnelli replies to the shareholders: “I wanted to thank those who have expressed words of affection but also those who have expressed criticisms because this is where you grow. I have always made them mine, with more or less empathy but I have always listened to them. I am aware that when everything goes good are applause, while when it doesn’t go well, people are quick to find fault with any activity. I can only reiterate my total conviction in the correctness of the company’s work. As for the field, one always tries to practice sport to win. When one chooses players he does so because he believes they are the best to send onto the pitch. There was criticism of a player (Romero ed) who didn’t find a place in our team. At that moment there were Bonucci, Chiellini and De Ligt. A central defender at that moment would have seen the field with binoculars. This does not mean that he has not expressed his promo value in Italy or England, but there are moments in which choices must be made you. The choices always depended on the manager of the sports area. The day these don’t happen, a figure is removed from responsibility and the biggest problems arise. This has always been my style.”
12:19 – Maurizio Arrivabene answers questions from shareholders: “The hearing of 20 January will provide for a first phase of examining the request promoted by the Federal Prosecutor. The deadline for the presentation of the positions of director in view of the meeting of 18 January expired on 24 December. The conditions requested by Dybala were honorable and committed the club on a multi-year level. Di Maria proved his worth in the last World Cup, we hired him for a year in which he had to represent and mentor the young players who joined. I’m talking about Fagioli, I’m talking about Miretti, which had to be inspired by a champion like Di Maria. Regarding the Summer Tour, they give exposure to the team at a global level. Participation in events that give visibility at an international level is more than positive. With regard to eSports, Juve will participate in the eSerie A, team in collaboration with Dsyre, with excursions into the world of fashion and design”.
Agnelli again: “I’ve always said, even to my friends, that you need to have a responsible person to whom responsibilities are assigned. Otherwise, as there are so many of us fans in the world, the alternative is to hire a pollster. Everyone’s opinions are respected, but there are people who must assume their responsibilities in order to achieve the pre-established objectives”.
Again the shareholder Moggi: “If it’s true that the capital gains case has been reopened, it’s equally true that Calciopoli should start again. It’s a wound that won’t heal for us or for Juve. You can hear the interceptions directly. Then I didn’t like the sports speech by Arrivabene, teams are made with a concept. Right now Juve don’t have a midfield, we need to start from here, not from the forwards”.
12:35 – Financial statements as at 30 June 2022 approved.
13:00 – Shareholder Moggi speaks again: “Do you realize that we weren’t defended in 2006? It’s not good that the managers were blamed. When you come out of these situations there should be cohesion between environments, we have been left to ourselves and it’s not good When I hear Cobolli Gigli say that the defense attorney saved Juventus. He who removed the appeal to the TAR who could perhaps keep Juventus in A by delaying the calendars. Now we have something that Andrea Agnelli defended through clenched teeth, not let’s complain but let’s try to be united. If there is cohesion, Juventus goes on, otherwise not. The Agnelli family knew everything we were doing, in 12 years we managed to bring economic benefits to the club by winning everything that could be won. The fans they must be an important sequel, remember when I took on Ancelotti who didn’t agree. The satisfaction that the fans feel is also felt by the managers when you win. I think it should to be more involved than everyone to defend Juventus who have never defended themselves. I who defended it strenuously paid the consequences”.
Andrea Agnelli replies to a shareholder who criticized the work of former vice president Pavel Nedved: “Evidently he doesn’t know Pavel Nedved…”.
Moggi again: “Avvocato Agnelli called Lippi and me two days before he died, but I didn’t authorize anyone (reference to another shareholder ed) to say so. Agnelli’s presidency was not positive, moreover, he won a lot. Remember what the president Gianni Petrucci said: “Teams that win too much do damage to their sport”, thus Calciopoli was born. Petrucci in 2001 changed the rules in the running to make sure that Nakata could play a match, and Nakata decided the championship drawing with Roma”.
14:00 – Approved the appointment of Suzanne Heywood as a director until the Board meeting on January 18, 2023.
New intervention by the shareholder Moggi: “I wanted to express a thought on the next Board of Directors. I’m reading about former players, the stickers at the moment shouldn’t be of interest to Juve who must concentrate on reworking the team. There are cycles, now the new one has begun, including the team. We need to propose young players who can open cycles. We pay attention to the Board of Directors which is a machine that carries the club forward. To be the manager of a football club, you need to know how to sell, buy, scout for talent. You cannot make a charge to Andrea, he did what he had to”.
14:27 – Andrea Agnelli closes the Shareholders’ Meeting: “Thank you all for being here today which demonstrates your affection for Juventus. 2023 awaits us in a few days, with most of us we will see each other on 18 January”.
