Pessotto falls from building at Juve headquarters

Juventus’ new general manager Gianluca Pessotto has been rushed to hospital after falling from a window at the headquarters of the Serie A side in Turin.

The 35-year-old former Juventus player fell from the top floor of the building and landed between two parked cars.

He has sustained multiple fractures, but is still conscious and not believed to be in a life-threatening condition.

Reports say Pessotto threw himself off the balcony on the second floor while holding a rosary in his hands. Police are investigating it as a possible suicide attempt.

Fabio Cannavaro, a former team-mate of Pessotto’s at Juventus, left an Italy press conference in Germany after being told of the incident.

Juventus chief press officer Marco Girotto said to www.gazzetta.it: “We don’t know how this has happened. We’ll see.

“Gianluca reportedly has multiple fractures but they are not life threatening.”