Portugal superstar and former Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo is reportedly set to sue Juventus over a whopping £17MILLION in unpaid wages.
La Gazzetta dello Sport quotes the superstar as saying that he has previously spoken with the Turin Prosecutor’s Office about the matter and that it is thought that he decided to take action after that.
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner agreed to defer his salary from the Italian giants during the pandemic to alleviate their financial woes.
The unpaid salary is from the period of time when Juventus, as all soccer clubs did, faced the difficulties of the Covid-19 outbreaks, that forced the clubs to play behind closed doors for most of the 2020-21 season.
Juventus took action and in 2020 during the first outbreak agreed with the players to postpone some payments, and the same happened in 2021. The club had to cut costs and this affected players such as Cristiano Ronaldo, who is now set to sue the club for not paying him an amount of over$20 million in that period of time. Other players had similar legal cases with the Italian side, including Paulo Dybala who last year found an agreement with his former club, that paid him around €3 million.
According to Sports Mediaset, both parties have yet to reach “an economic agreement” over the matter.
