The Guardian on Juve: “Agnelli? A control freak sociopath”

“According to various sources who spoke to me on condition of anonymity, the workplace has always been dysfunctional. ‘Agnelli thinks he’s a visionary,’ a former executive told me, ‘but he’s a sociopath. A complete control freak.’ “. So writes The Guardian in a very long article by Tobias Jones in which he retraces all the stages of the recent Juventus history up to the legal events that have involved the club in recent months: the penalty, the Prisma investigation, the resignation of the management block. The British journalist gives a very detailed overview of all the events that led to the current situation, including Andrea Agnelli’s growing political power within UEFA and his very close relationship with Ceferin.

Not just Lambs

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But the sharp judgments cited by the Guardian are not just for Agnelli. There is also some for Fabio Paratici, described by the journalist, reporting a source inside the club, as “A charismatic guy, very sociable. A funny guy, he always smiled. You could see that he liked the good life, being part of the high society, surrounded by beautiful women”. A merciless analysis of the Juve events which also highlights management errors, including the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo, the negative impact of the pandemic and the limits, in a broad sense, also of the economic management of Italian football.