Federal prosecutor Giuseppe Chinè formally informed Juventus and eight current and former executives to have concluded the investigations on three fronts: the wages during the pandemic, suspect partnerships with other clubs and more allegedly fake capital gains, and dubious operations with some agents, Corriere della Sera reports.
Andrea Agnelli, Fabio Paratici, Pavel Nedved, Federico Cherubini, Giovanni Manna, Paolo Morganti, Stefano Braghin, and Cesare Gabasio might face another sports trial. Instead, Atalanta, Udinese, Sampdoria, Sassuolo, Cagliari, and Bologna won’t be involved to wait for pieces of evidence from the inquiries of their respective local DA’s offices, which have just started for the most part.
Juventus and the execs will have two weeks to submit their defenses. Afterward, Chinè will decide in ten days whether to refer them, dismiss the probes, or agree to plea bargains. The Bianconeri are considering it to speed things up and contain the damage to the current season, TuttoSport informs.
The trial would eventually start at the end of May and go deep into the summer with the appeals. Given the timetables, it will begin after April 19th’s appeal against the 15-point deduction. Even if unofficially, its outcome could impact the second tranche.
Juventus are accused of having violated sports loyalty in general and not other bylaws related to financial misconduct, which would have potentially led to massive fines. The club replied with a statement. It appears that the player that agreed to delay their salaries during the pandemic through agreements that weren’t correctly filed at the League’s offices won’t face discipline.
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