John Elkann: “Juve must be defended in all venues”

«Football is important for our country, it is important for Europe and Juventus is not the problem, but part of the solution». John Elkann, CEO of Exor which holds the majority of the shares of the Juventus club, returns to talk about sports justice and the new trial on the capital gains case after the publication of the reasons of the Coni guarantee board. «We are working – specifies Elkann – and the president Ferrero, with the managing director Maurizio Scanavino, are doing everything, as has always been done, in compliance with the authorities, in such a way as to protect the interests of Juventus, the its fans but above all of Italian football and beyond”.

John Elkann’s words come from Naples, on the sidelines of the presentation of the Matabì project – promoted by the Agnelli Foundation – in the “Giuseppe Quarati” school in Naples. «Naples is celebrating – smiles the president of the Agnelli Foundation after receiving a cassata with the Napoli championship as a gift as well as a lucky horn – and he is right to celebrate this huge victory that the team has achieved. A victory 5 days in advance, with an incredible ability in attack and as much in defense. It is an extraordinary success that is good for our league and is good for Italian football: congratulations to Napoli».

Elkann thinks of Italian football (“We are living in a moment in which it is important that it is strong also because the Premier League continues to grow stronger, creating a gap that becomes worrying”) and above all of Juve. «Undoubtedly for Juventus this has been a very difficult year off the field – he comments as the first Juventus fan -: the team has shown on the field, however, that it is second, to date, to play in the semi-final of the Europa League on Thursday and to fight way to ensure that Juventus is and must be defended in all venues». And there is also a thought for the potential new sporting director: «Giuntoli? He has many possibilities and he will choose him ».