Andrea Agnelli is no longer president of Juventus. The Italian owner handed in his resignations earlier this evening along with with vice president Pavel Nedved and the club’s board of directors.
Agnelli released a farewell letter announcing his decision.
“Dear all,
Playing for Juventus, working for Juventus is made up of one goal: to win. Anyone who has the privilege of wearing the black and white shirt knows it.
Those who work as a team know that hard work beats talent if talent doesn’t work hard. Juventus is one of the biggest clubs in the world and anyone who works or plays there knows that the result is the result of the work of the whole team.
We are used to winning by history and DNA. Since 2010 we have honored our history by achieving extraordinary results: the Stadium, 9 consecutive men Serie A trophies, the first club in Italy to have a Netflix and Amazon Prime series, the J|Medical, 5 consecutive women’s championships starting from scratch.
And again, the deal with Volkswagen (few know of it), the finals in Berlin and Cardiff (our great regrets), the agreement with Adidas, the Next Gen Italian Cup, the first club to represent the clubs on the Executive Committee UEFA, the J|Museum and much more.
Hours, days, nights, months and seasons with the aim of always improving in view of some decisive moments. Each of us knows how to recall the moment before taking the field: come out of the locker room and turn right, about twenty steps down with a grate in the middle, another ten steps up and you’re there: “el miedo escénico” and in that moment when you know you have the whole team with you the impossible becomes possible.
Bernabeu, Old Trafford, Allianz Arena, Westfallen Stadium, San Siro, Geōrgios Karaiskakīs, Celtic Park, Camp Nou: wherever we went when the team was compact we feared nobody. When the team is not compact, it lends its side to the opponents and this can be fatal. At that moment you need to be lucid and contain the damage: we are facing a delicate moment from a corporate point of view and we’re not compact.
It is better for everyone to leave at once, giving the possibility for others to overturn this situation. Our awareness will be their challenge: to live up to the history of Juventus. I will continue to imagine and work for better football, supported by a quote from Friedrich Nietzsche: “And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music”. Remember, we will recognize each other at a glance: We are the people of Juve! Fino alla Fine.
Andrea.”
