The legitimate claims on the goodness of his work in the sports fieldwitnessed by the record-breaking sequence of titles won, they ended up quickly leaving room for those on the legitimacy of management behavior which has been accompanied above all in recent controversial years. A management wiped out by the recent resignation en bloc of the previous CDA and by the aftermath of the double investigation by the Turin Public Prosecutor’s Office and Consob which has revived the requests of the Federal Prosecutor’s Office and accelerated a corporate revolution that has become unavoidable. And of which John Elkann – according to many the real inspirer of the annihilation of the old leadership – would be the promoter. And, as if the words of the main accused were not enough, Andrea Agnelli was able to count on the official defense of none other than Luciano Moggi, author of the great Juve by father Umberto and the noisiest protagonist of Calciopoli.
In the room where the shareholders’ meeting was held which sanctioned the farewell of Agnelli jr, those phrases and words that have long accompanied the weeks, months and years following the explosion of the scandal that hit Italian football and above all the Old Lady in 2006 echoed. “Everyone and everyone did this way”, “We were the real victims”, “Why didn’t we look elsewhere too?”. If today’s appointment, which offered shareholders representatives from even the quietest or loudest minority depending on one’s point of view, ended up becoming a huge spot of what Juve has done in the last few seasons and a message diametrically opposed to the apparently soothing one given by the resignation of the old CDA, something doesn’t add up.
Waiting to understand if Agnelli and his work team have actually committed crimes from a sporting and accounting point of view – and therefore criminal, as it is still a company listed on the Stock Exchange, a not exactly irrelevant detail – the impression of having at least resorted to very daring ploys in order to restore a balance sheet devastated by many, too many, rash financial transactions remains. And, if we declare ourselves guaranteed up to the last minute and until proven otherwise but claiming that justice really applies to everyone in Italian football, then also the reiterated and re-launched accusations – without contradiction and without the right of reply for the interested parties – in a particular context such as the shareholders’ meeting of one of the most prestigious clubs in the world take on a meaning and relevance that cannot be ignored. But that certainly doesn’t help to re-establish a climate of fairness and serenity and that doesn’t even do too much honor to Juve’s over 100-year history.
