In order to ensure the club's financial stability in the context of the COVID-19 crisis, from the 2020-21 season, the "ation" of Serie A, Juventus announced that it will only sign contracts with a maximum salary of 9 million euros (7.9 million pounds)/year, about 173,000 euros (151,000 pounds)/week.
With the salary limit only applied from next season, players such as Gonzalo Higuain, Paulo Dybala, Aaron Ramsey and Adrien Rabiot with contracts until the summer of 2021 will not be affected.
In the case of Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese star is earning 600,000 euros (522,000 pounds) per week at Juve and has 2 years left on his current contract. The above rule does not allow the "Old Hammer" to continue signing a new contract with the former Real striker. However, the team's leadership shared that the world's top star like CR7 may have a special exception.
In addition, this decision is no different from Juve publicly giving up the race to win Paul Pogba with Real from M.U. The French midfielder is currently pocketing £290,000/week at Old Trafford. Losing nearly half of his salary, Pogba finds it difficult to accept, even if this is a "happy paradise".
A possible target like Pogba is unlikely to be paid to Mohamed Salah and Kylian Mbappe. Salah earns around £200,000/week at Anfield, while Mbappe is preparing to sign a new contract with PSG with a salary of up to £600,000/week. Therefore, it is not advisable to mention Juve's famous names at this time because it is just a "dream".
In Italy, teams have been allowed to return to training since the beginning of last week with strict rules on social distancing. Juve players are on the field but lack Ronaldo due to private plane crashes in Madrid, while Dybala remains quarantined for treatment due to COVID-19 re-infection.
The Serie A organizing committee is still leaving open the possibility of bringing the tournament back, as 3 teams including Fiorentina, Torino, and sampdoria continue to record 11 COVID-19 infections.
