There is a secret card for Rolando Mandragora that could further implicate Juventus. After the interrogation of Paulo Dybala, prosecutors in Turin investigating Juventus' capital gains in the Prisma investigation continue to hear witnesses. The preliminary hearing to decide on the indictment is scheduled for March 27. The charges are false social communications and false accounting. The investigation is closed, but the prosecution is evaluating new evidence that could lead to additional charges within the process. Once acquired by the FIGC, this evidence could lead to a significant worsening of the situation for the Turin-based club in front of sports justice. The prosecution suspects that the sale of players involves the use of other clubs as "banks" by Juventus, and the Mandragora case could confirm this.
In fact, the investigation documents show an email from July 10, 2020, in which executive Claudio Chiellini (brother of Giorgio) reported debts with other clubs. He closed the communication with a final account: "30 million + agents." In other words, commission fees for the transfers of players must also be accounted for. Here, as explained by Repubblica today, is where the Mandragora case enters. The midfielder moved to Udinese for €20 million in July 2018, with a capital gain of €13.7 million. According to prosecutors Marco Gianoglio, Mario Bendoni, and Ciro Santorello (who have since been in trouble for a video in which they criticized Juventus), there were side letters signed by the company behind the famous "moral commitments" that former sports director Fabio Paratici spoke of.
On October 3, 2020, Juventus bought back Mandragora from Udinese for €10 million plus €6 million in bonuses, leaving him on loan to Udinese, again club. To repurchase the player's card, Juventus used a buyback option. However, the prosecution suspects that it was a masked obligation and that the club was supposed to repurchase it for €26 million, which was not entirely honoured. Mandragora, his father who acted as the player's agent, and Udinese's vice-president Stefano Campoccia have all been heard as witnesses by the prosecution, along with Maurizio Lombardo, who currently works at Roma but has a past in the Juventus club.
Other undisclosed writings in the league concern debts with Atalanta for €14.5 million that were not recorded. Among the evidence is a note between Percassi and Paratici dated September 3, 2020. According to investigators, the repurchase commitments would have concerned players Mattiello (for €4 million), Muratore (also €4 million), Caldara (€3.5 million), and Romero (€3 million).
Source: Open.Online
