SENTINELCELTS

Nefarious business deals with questionable player fees involved, secret recordings emerging, footballers with side letters out with their contract,,,
no not The Rangers but we all watched this movie before.

Turns out Juventus have stolen a page out of the Ibrox clubs book and basically reenacted the Murray business strategy but got themselves caught in a much shorter timeframe.

Juve, a club I’ve very little respect for. In the the late 90’s and early 00’s they had the standout squad,,,
Zidane, David’s, Deschamp, Inzaghi, Del Piero, Buffon, Chiellini, Bonucci and I’m probably missing a few, but yet they failed to dominate the footballing landscape. The Real Madrid team of Raul, Hierro, Redondo, Roberto-Carlos, Figo, Guti etc were the dominant team in Europe.

I posit that’s due to Juve being treated different domestically by opponents who wouldn’t go toe to toe unlike other giants, and the sense of entitlement that still surrounds the club to this day.
Being the establishment club that gets all the calls and can play act with successful results can actually hold back the team, on account of almost being ahead when they take the field as Del Piero will bang in one of the dodgy around the box free kicks that’s sure to arrive if needed. If Juventus back then where a more humble club, a club of the people type of team ala Napoli, they would have won much more in my opinion.

Man United’s 99 victory over Juve is one classic example, the better team won rather than the bigger names. It raises a smile good old Keano has bullied both ‘side letter’ teams.
Another great example is their home victory over of a Martin O’Neill lead Celtic when they needed an Amoruso dive to con the ref and emerge victorious at home.

Throw in their prior cheating for which they were demoted and theyre just not an honorable club all around, I’ve very little if any respect for them, and it’s karma they scaled downwards and not upwards when moving from the Stadio Del Alpi’s 69k seats to the current 41k.

It’s karma they’ve been caught fiddling again, but the results of being caught are much different than Scotland’s original perpetrators so far.
Immediate board resignations and a 15 point deduction upon being found guilty, and the 20 players involved with side letters may serve a ban.

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/juventus-scandal-for-the-salary-maneuver-15-players-at-risk-of-disqualification/ss-AA16L4nl

Maybe I haven’t seen this movie before.
Swift, decisive punishment,,and possibly more to come pending court cases.
This tale isn’t over yet.
Make no mistake, if that club could simply liquidate and hold onto it’s honours it would grab it with both hands, a movie we’ve all watched. But the remake goes differently.

Keep your eyes on this one, it looks to be night and day when held up against a certain football associations actions. Unlike Bonnie Scotland, the Italian top flight could actually survive without Juventus. Too big to fail doesn’t apply in this particular instance, long may that mindset hold sway.

From my perspective this reads like great news, there’s eyes awatching, turn over those emails, the big boss is making sure all rules are adhered to.
Clubs themselves must realize it’s cheaper to play by the rulebook and police, rather than play laissez faire then get punished, especially those who enter the European arena whose accounts get scrutinized by fresh and uncaring suits.

Ultimately, we will be able to hold up the ‘justice’ our rival received up to scrutiny, able to tangibly measure the consequences of their deliberate actions against another in the same boat.
The fact it’s strike two for Juve may or may not increase any punishment coming their way, if that does happen it’s a signal to Ibrox to play by the rule book.

You won’t read about the case similarities in the dying Scottish mainstream media, they will most likely avoid mentioning Italy’s current footballing scandal, especially with regards to side letters, but I urge you to keep an eye on this one for comparison sake.
Especially the side letters aspect.

It’s worth noting Christiano Ronaldo stated he would never sign a side letter. Why is that?
Good legal advice for starters.
If others players are held personally responsible either via a whopping backdated tax bill or a playing ban, I think we can safely say side letters shall be no more.
What will the SMSM type then?
Here’s a look at what you could have won, or nothing to see here?

By Mahe
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