Juventus and his lawyers will be busy on two fronts in the next few months. The Turin’s prosecutors proposed sending Andrea Agnelli, Maurizio Arrivabene, Pavel Nedved, and several other executives to trial. Moreover, FIGC has opened a second investigation to look into their shady financial moves, Ansa reports.
If the preliminary investigation judge agrees, the officials will have to defend themselves from the accusations of false communications, obstructing the supervisory authority, market manipulation, and fraudulent misrepresentation. The club replied with a statement. According to Corriere della Sera, the detectives will send the paperwork to other DA’s offices to investigate teams, for instance, Atalanta and Genoa, that swapped players with the Old Lady.
While the process will take years, Juventus could face sanctions from the sports justice relatively soon. The federal prosecutor received the recent findings and will mull whether there’s enough to refer the team again, TuttoSport relays. It was previously acquitted for the plusvalenze.
However, new elements could lead to different charges. There are rumored side letters with players and agents for agreements that weren’t included on the balance sheets. Such infractions could lead to penalization points, hefty fines, and suspensions. The bylaws indicate that the maximum sanction, relegation, is possible against sides that altered their finances to register for leagues. But the Bianconeri’s ownership always offset the losses with giant capital increases.
Our Take on the Possible Punishments Against Juventus
Agnelli and company did the right thing by resigning to avoid dragging the club into a lengthy legal battle, and most accusations will likely be statute-barred down the line. The side does risk something on the sports side if they really made unofficial deals that weren’t accounted for, though.
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