Juventus, Scanavino: “Unfair sentence, summary federal justice”

TURIN – “Federal justice can behave summarily and unjustly, today it’s up to Juve, tomorrow it can happen to others”. The first public outing of the new Juventus chief executive, Maurizio Scanavino, is a j’accuse against the judges who penalized the Juventus club by 15 points at the end of the capital gains trial.

“Let’s distance ourselves from pseudo fans”

“Clearly we believe this sentence to be absolutely unjust and unfair, in the coming days we await the reasons that should arrive by the end of the month but we will certainly appeal to CONI to support our positions which are very solid, very clear, moreover they have already been successfully ascertained along the way ordinary, in addition to these we believe we even have others, we will continue on this path”, said the new CEO. But not before “distancing yourself from those pseudo fans who have used a language of hatred and threats against the FIGC president Gravina, his family and the attorney Chiné. We will clearly support our defense with great decision and great strength but always with great competence, professionalism, respect, in the appropriate ways and fora”.

“Summary justice, today it happened to Juve, but it can happen to others”

No discount, however, for those who have chosen such a severe punishment: “Evidently only we at Juventus and our fans don’t believe that it’s an unjust sentence. In these days I have appreciated and for this I thank fans of other teams, people who have worked in football for a long time, even well-known personalities who participate in television schedules or have important social formats who have absolutely understood the exaggeration and iniquity of these decisions . I think they have understood that federal justice can behave summarily and unjustly, and this creates concern, because today it can happen to Juventus, tomorrow it can happen to any other team”. Speaking of the team, Scanavino and the president Ferrero spoke to the players, the conversations from the CEO made a positive impression: “I saw great unity starting from the first meeting yesterday morning with the coach and then the one made with the Ferrero president with the whole team. In some ways I was even a little surprised but probably because it is my first experience, however I found an extremely serene and determined group we had already had the opportunity to represent the situation that society is experiencing, they were aware and prepared, it seems to me that even the messages given individually on social profiles confirm the mood”.

Francesco Calvo new director of the sports area

The problem is that Juventus will now have to face the market without being able to count on their sporting director, at least in the official management of the negotiations: “Cherubs – explains Scanavino – he is clearly inhibited by a series of activities including the transfer market. We organized ourselves quickly, yesterday we reacted immediately and I must say that I found great unity in general within the management company and also within the team and we decided to appoint Francis Calvo as Chief Football Officer of the sports area, to which the Cherubini area, that of Braghin and all the other operations will report. Francesco is a person known for the way of football, he has a great experience gained both in Italy with Juventus and Rome and abroad in Barcelona as well as having made a career in a great national team like Philip Morris. For possible market negotiations Francesco will help me together with John Manna current sports director of the Next Generation who also has great expertise on the market “. No sign of discontinuity with the managerial past, however: “Everyone has his own characteristics, we are a pool of professionals with skills clearly dedicated to the management of the company, the management of the sports part and the management of judicial problems. I don’t think the president wanted to distance himself from the past but only that we will have a competent and respectful professional approach”.

“New sanctions? We must be ready for anything”

What about future sentences? The risk that other dossiers bring about new penalties for Scanavino obviously cannot rule it out: “We have to be ready for anything. Unfortunately this sentence has taught us that it is useless to be optimistic or pessimistic, we must be prepared, ready, determined and that is what we will do. Even in this situation it was something that was in the options. We are not unprepared and we will make the best of this sentence and those that await us have a council of extremely expert people, an extremely capable pool of lawyers, we will bring forward our elements in support of our reasons with great determination ”.