According to reports from Gazzetta dello Sport, an arbitration ruling in 2024 over the salary dispute between Ronaldo and Juventus determined that the Portuguese star was entitled to €9.8 million in unpaid wages, roughly half of the amount he claimed. This ruling was upheld by a Turin court in January this year. Juventus has now filed an appeal with the Supreme Court.

The legal dispute between Juventus and Ronaldo remains unresolved, dating back to when the Portuguese player left Turin for Manchester United in 2021. The controversy stems from the controversial "salary maneuver" during the COVID-19 pandemic. Two earlier decisions favored Ronaldo: the arbitration ruling of April 17, 2024 determined that the player should receive €9.8 million plus interest and inflation adjustments, roughly half of the €19.6 million he claimed; this was subsequently upheld by Turin's labor judge Gian Luca Ropardo. Juventus has now announced an appeal to the Supreme Court and is awaiting a hearing date.

The Story Behind the Juventus-Ronaldo Documents

As mentioned earlier, the matter dates back to the COVID-19 pandemic. At that time, Juventus reached an agreement with its players for a so-called "salary waiver" of certain monthly wages to cope with the pandemic. In 2021, Juventus management and the former Real Madrid player finalized an agreement through a document, which became known as the "Ronaldo Document." This document later emerged during an investigation by the Turin prosecutor into Juventus senior management, leading to the resignation of president Andrea Agnelli and the previous board of directors. According to the document, the club was to pay €19.5 million as the remaining pre-tax salary debt to the player. However, this amount was never recorded. Wiretaps related to the Prisma investigation also revealed a statement from Cesare Gabasio, then head of Juventus's legal department, during a conversation with then sports director Federico Cherubini: "Theoretically, this written agreement should not exist." More significantly, the money was never paid because the Portuguese player had already been sold to Manchester United that summer.

Ronaldo's Legal Dispute with Juventus

On March 23, 2022, the "document" was recovered during a search of attorney Federico Restano's office in Turin. In September 2023, Ronaldo sued Juventus, but since his signature was not on the document, both parties subsequently agreed to resolve the matter through arbitration. Several months later, on April 17, 2024, the arbitration panel composed of Gianroberto Villa, Leonardo Cantamesa, and Roberto Sacchi ruled that the Portuguese player should be compensated at half the outstanding amount, namely €9.8 million instead of €19.6 million. The arbitration panel also rejected the claim that Juventus intended to defraud the player and emphasized that the player never requested this money when he left Italy. Juventus subsequently raised an objection, but the Turin court rejected Juventus's claims in January this year. In the explanatory notes to its 2025-26 financial statements, Juventus wrote: "This ruling is limited to examining alleged procedural defects in the aforementioned arbitration decision contained in the appeal document, and is not a judgment on the merits of the case. Therefore, it does not alter the conclusions reached by the arbitration ruling. In any case, the economic and financial impact resulting from the arbitration ruling has already been reflected in the company's accounts since the 2023/2024 fiscal year, and therefore no adverse impact on the current or future financial statements is expected. Against this ruling, Juventus filed an appeal with the Supreme Court, which was officially notified on March 27, 2026, and is currently awaiting a hearing date."

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