The last few weeks (or months, to be exact), have not seen the best version of Juventus. Problems away from the pitch have seen the bianconeri go from third to 12th place in the Italian top-flight, and the next few lines will give fans a better perspective on what they were accused of and how it reflects on their current state.
In a leaked series of conversations published by the Corriere della Sera, Juventus' execs were exposed while admitting they had not done the right moves when it came to their activity in past transfer windows.
One of the exchanges between Juve execs showed how the team chose to add players to their roster that were not as decisive as fans would have initially expected, naming one French striker and Federico Chiesa as a couple of questionable decisions.
"Chiesa is not the type of player that can expect to play for Juventus for a long time because of his entourage. He is more worried about earning big money as soon as possible," former sporting director Federico Cherubini told Andrea Agnelli, the team's former president.
In return, Agnelli admitted that several of the team's deadline day signings had a negative effect on the team.
"If I were to put together all the bulls**t decisions we made during the final days of the transfer window since 2010, I'd say we flushed 60 or 70 million down the toilet. Top of my head, it has been this way since we signed (Nicolas) Anelka," Agnelli replied.
The aforementioned Cherubini went on to criticize the team's transfer activity when Fabio Paratici, now working for Tottenham, was leading the team's efforts to add talent.
"We were pretty arrogant when it came to transfers. The Fabio (Paratici) we knew five years ago wouldn't have signed Higuaín for 90M, he would have signed Gabriel Jesús for 10 and then he would have sold him for 90M," the sporting director added.
Then, the biggest admission in this series of leaks came when the sporting director admitted how Juventus were keen on overpaying players that were yet to prove their worth, and even compared their wages to what other footballers in Serie A earn.
"Our worst player earned as much as the best one in Atalanta. (Duván) Zapata earns 1.8M, and if we went out there and signed a dog, we would pay it 3.5M," Cherubini added
The investigation against Juventus is still ongoing, with attorneys for the Italian Football Federation allegedly getting ready to present their case and final sanctions against the bianconeri in March 2023. If things go as initially revealed, Juventus could be facing a 20-point deduction in the current season, which could ultimately lead to their relegation to Serie B.