Andrea Agnelli resigned this week as Juventus president, he will go down in history as one of the best managers the club has ever had, but he did not leave as he would have liked.
Agnelli spent a decade as club president and the team won more than 20 major trophies with him at the helm, including 9 consecutive league titles.
Juve remain one of the biggest clubs in the world due to their decision-making and they deserve credit for building a solid football club.
However, he leaves after being accused of falsifying the club’s account and not reporting his financial transactions, which could be seen as a bad thing.
Journalist Sandro Sabatini says he did some of this because he felt too powerful. He said via Calciomercato:
“In the background there remains a rather melancholic reflection, which involves the entire Agnelli dynasty a few months after the centenary of the ownership of Juventus: president Andrea felt powerful (and omnipotent) thanks to the victories, then with the defeats he was ashamed to tell the family that the money was not enough. Perhaps a superman felt too long to agree to return a good son.
Juve FC says
Agnelli had the best for Juventus in mind when he made the decisions he did and we cannot judge him, regardless of the outcome of the investigation.
We remain one of the biggest clubs in Italy today because they led with poise and charisma and always chose what will keep us valuable.
He made a few mistakes, but they won’t define his time in command, no matter what the pundits say, and we’ll come out of this difficult period unscathed.
