Cristiano Ronaldo wins court case against Juventus over pending wages

The Portuguese star has been in conflict with Juventus since 2024 over his pending wages. (Image credits – Heute, Licence Details)

Cristiano Ronaldo has won the legal battle against his former club Juventus over pending salary during the lockdown period.

When the Portuguese star left Juve for Manchester United, the Italians owed him €19.6 million. However, the Turin-based club argued that he had passed up his wages to help the club in financial distress.

Back in April 2024, CR7 won a case against Juventus over the controversial financial fiasco. The Old Lady were instructed to pay half the owed wages, €9.8 million, which they did.

The Serie A giants had appealed the ruling of the court in an attempt to recover the money which they had paid two years back. However, the judge, Gian Luca Robaldo, made Ronaldo emerge victorious yet again by dismissing their claims.

During the lockdown period when the whole world was stunned by the COVID-19 virus, football operations had temporarily shut down. This incurred huge losses for football clubs, due to which they could not pay their players their due wages.

Juventus was one of the clubs which was badly financially damaged during the COVID period. As a result, they could not pay Ronaldo his full wages. When he left for Man Utd in 2021, the Italians demanded that since he left the club, he should not be entitled to any sort of wages from his former employers.

The Portuguese star filed a case against the club to get his due salary, whereupon investigation it was found that Ronaldo had not signed any sort of documentation where he let his wages slip to help the club in need. Therefore, the Serie A giants were forced to pay CR7 his due wages in instalments.