According to Gazzetta dello Sport, the 2024 arbitration ruling on the wage dispute between Ronaldo and Juventus determined that the Portuguese player is owed 9.8 million euros in unpaid wages—approximately half of the amount he claimed. In January this year, Turin's court upheld this decision. Juventus has now filed an appeal to the third level of jurisdiction.

The legal dispute between Juventus and Ronaldo remains unresolved, stemming from the Portuguese player's departure from Turin to rejoin Manchester United in 2021. The controversy originated from a controversial "salary reduction agreement" during the COVID-19 pandemic. The case has produced two rulings in Ronaldo's favor: an arbitration panel ruling in April 2024 determined the player would receive 9.8 million euros plus interest and inflation adjustments—roughly half of the 19.6 million euros he had claimed. This was subsequently confirmed by Turin labor judge Gian-Luca Robaldo. Now, Juventus has announced an appeal to the Supreme Court and is awaiting the hearing date.

Background: Juventus and Ronaldo documents

As mentioned, the dispute originated during the COVID-19 pandemic. At that time, Juventus reached an agreement with its players regarding what was termed a temporary wage reduction to cope with the crisis. In 2021, Juventus leadership reached a settlement with the former Real Madrid player through a document, the infamous "Ronaldo Document." This document later emerged in a Turin prosecutor's investigation into Juventus's senior management, resulting in club president Andrea Agnelli and board members stepping down. According to the document, the club was supposed to pay 19.5 million euros as outstanding debt for the player's pre-tax wages. However, this amount was never settled. Communications intercepted in the Prisma investigation also revealed a statement from Cesare Gabasio, then head of Juventus's legal department, to sporting director Federico Cherubini: "Theoretically, this written agreement should not exist." Critically, the amount was never paid because the Portuguese player was sold back to Manchester United that summer.

Ronaldo's legal dispute with Juventus

On March 23, 2022, the document was discovered during a raid on lawyer Federico Restano's office in Turin. In September 2023, Ronaldo sued Juventus, but since his signature did not appear on the document, both parties agreed to settle the matter through arbitration. Months later, on April 17, 2024, the arbitration panel—comprising Gianroberto Villa, Leonardo Cantamesa, and Roberto Sacchi—ruled largely in favor of the Portuguese player, determining he should be compensated half the claimed amount: 9.8 million euros instead of 19.6 million euros. The panel also rejected claims that Juventus had acted with fraudulent intent and emphasized that the player never requested the money when he left Italy. Juventus subsequently filed an objection, but Turin's court rejected Juventus's claims in January this year. In its financial report notes for the 2025-26 season, Juventus stated: "This ruling is limited to examining alleged formal defects in the arbitration award referenced in the appeal documents, and is not a ruling on the merits of the case. Therefore, it does not alter the conclusions reached by the arbitration award. In any case, the economic and financial impact of the arbitration award has been reflected in the company's accounts since the 2023-24 financial year, and consequently no negative impact is anticipated on the current or future financial statements. Regarding this ruling, Juventus filed an appeal to the Supreme Court, which was formally accepted on March 27, 2026, and is currently awaiting the hearing date."

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