Entire Juventus board resign including president Agnelli and Nedved
The Juventus board of directors has resigned en bloc. The first rumors late in the afternoon were followed by official actions: the president Andrea Agnelli, his deputy Pavel Nedved, the managing director Maurizio Arrivabene resigned in the evening, in an extraordinary council held at the Continassa.
All resigned. The resignations en bloc came unanimously after an extraordinary council held in the evening at the Continassa. Andrea Agnelli, his deputy Pavel Nedved, the managing director Maurizio Arrivabene, and then Laurence Debroux, Massimo Della Ragione, Katryn Fink, Daniela Marilungo, Francesco Roncaglio, Giorgio Tacchia and Suzanne Keywood leave.
The agency’s involvement in the Prisma investigation, opened by the Turin prosecutor’s office for false accounting, and the latest complaints from the Consob, which led to the review of the budget project to be approved and the postponement of the shareholders’ meeting (now set for the December 27) led to the unanimous decision to step back.
Ends one of the most successful times of the club, which since Andrea Agnelli’s inauguration as president (May 19, 2010) has achieved, among others, the record of nine consecutive championships.
The decision would be a consequence, writes the Gazzetta dello Sport, of the investigation opened by the Turin prosecutor’s office on the accusation of false accounting, and the latest complaints from Consob. The outgoing Juventus board of directors took office on 19 May 2010. Thus, an era of management that brought nine championships, among other things, came to an end.
