In September 2023, Ronaldo – who is playing for Saudi Arabia’s Al-Nassr – decided to sue Juventus for not paying him salary during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Portuguese superstar wants to receive 20 million euros, the amount he was promised by the club when he agreed to defer his salary during the blockade.

However, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Juventus’s opinion is that Ronaldo gave up this salary when joining Man United in August 2021. Therefore, “Old Lady” has no intention of paying CR7.

When he was still playing in Italy, Ronaldo and Juventus had an agreement on salary deferral. That was the period when all football activities were suspended for 105 days (from March 9 to June 22, 2020) until football was allowed to resume without spectators.

The lawsuit has been dragging on for a long time and according to Gazetta, in the latest trial, the arbitration court recently ruled that Ronaldo and Juventus are jointly responsible for this issue and required the club to pay half of the amount. salary is delayed.

Ronaldo left Juventus in August 2021 after spending 3 seasons at the Turin team, where he scored 101 goals in 134 appearances in black and white, winning two Serie A championships, one Coppa Italia and two Italian Super Cup.

In addition to Ronaldo, another former Juventus striker, Paulo Dybala, also worked with the prosecutor’s office and filed a lawsuit against his former team for unpaid wages. In the end, Dybala reached an agreement to recover 3 million euros in salary, so the lawsuit was canceled.

Furthermore, in September 2023, veteran midfielder Leonardo Bonucci also filed a lawsuit and asked Juventus to compensate for damages after being unjustly removed from the squad before the 2023/24 season. This lawsuit is still in process even though Bonucci has now left the team to move to Fenerbahce.