Juventus sentenced to pay Ronaldo 10 million salaries

An arbitration panel has ordered Juventus to pay Cristiano Ronaldo more than $10 million following a pay dispute. The controversy dates back to the period of the Coronavirus pandemic.

The 9.8 million euros ($10.5 million) that Juventus was ordered to pay Ronaldo is half the amount that the five-time Ballon d’Or winner had asked the Turin club to pay in back pay.

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Juventus declared in a statement that “with the support of its lawyers” it is “reviewing the decision taken by the arbitration panel, reserving all evaluations and initiatives to preserve its rights”.

Ronaldo played for Juventus from 2018-21, helping the club win two Serie A titles.

Former Juventus president Andrea Agnelli and the club’s entire board resigned in 2023 amid an investigation into false accounting – which then resulted in a 10-point penalty for Juventus in Serie A and exclusion of UEFA from Europe for this season.