Cristiano Ronaldo ‘to take legal action against Juventus over £17m unpaid wages from Covid’ as team-mate withdraws case
CRISTIANO RONALDO is reportedly set to sue Juventus over a whopping £17MILLION in unpaid wages.
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner agreed to defer his salary from the Italian giants during the pandemic to alleviate their financial woes.
But the Old Lady have reportedly not made good on their promise to stump up the outstanding cash in a suitable time for Ronaldo.
According to Sports Mediaset, both parties have yet to reach “an economic agreement” over the matter.
Ronaldo, 37, recently requested “investigation documents from the Turin Prosecutor’s Office” in the ongoing Prisma legal case.
And he’s upped the ante by filing a lawsuit against his former club, who also asked ex-star striker Paulo Dybala to defer his wages during the pandemic.
News of Ronaldo’s lawsuit comes just days after former Juve skipper Leonardo Bonucci launched legal action against the club.
The Italy international is requesting damages over the way he was frozen out of the club by manager Max Allegri.
The defender was exiled from the first team and has requested “compensation for damages due to the alleged lack of adequate training and preparation conditions” made available to him afterwards.
Should he be successful, Bonnuci plans to donate all of the damages to charity.
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Juventus are also dealing with a potential anti-doping scandal involving star midfielder Paul Pogba.
The France international tested positive for synthetic testosterone after Juve’s 3-0 win over Udinese in August.
Pogba, 30, has denied intentionally ingesting any performance-enhancing drugs and has blamed his positive test on a tainted supplement.
His agent – Rafaela Pimenta – said: “We are waiting for the results of the counter-analysis and cannot say anything until then.
“The only certain thing is that Paul Pogba never intended to break the rules.”
Juventus will be back in action on Saturday afternoon, welcoming Lazio to the Allianz Stadium.