Juventus president Andrea Agnelli attends at the Italian Parliament's Anti-Mafia Commission in Rome, Italy May 18, 2017. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
ROME (Reuters) - The chairman of Juventus, Italy's most successful football team, denied on Thursday that the club was knowingly involved in a ticket touting scheme allegedly operated by the powerful 'Ndrangheta mafia.
Andrea Agnelli told parliament's antimafia commission that although he had met an alleged mobster on up to four occasions, it had always been as part of regular meetings with supporters' associations and never one-on-one encounters.
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