The Federal Court of Appeal decided to suspend the measure against the Italian team for fictitious capital gains and declarations of economic losses lower than those which it had actually suffered.
Juventus had an unexpected turn in the Federal Court of Appeal on Thursday. The court decided to suspend the measure which had been taken on January 20 and which he subtracted 15 units from the Italian team in Serie A, for alleged manipulation of transfers for accounting purposes.
La Vecchia Signora had been accused of fictitious capital gains -which would reach an amount of around 155 million euros- and of having declared economic losses lower than what it really had, for which he had been penalized by the subtraction of points.
However, your request has been granted and a further assessment will be made to determine the seriousness of your crime, if any, and what your penalty will be.
“I am afraid that with regard to Article 4 applied to the club, in the lack of motivation concerning the 15 penalty points, there is a principle of validity of the defenses. In the penalty of points to the team, there is a ‘gap’ that must be evaluated in a new decision of the Federal Court”, explains the sports attorney general of CONI, Ugo Taucer.
With said resolution, Today the Bianconero team immediately moves from the middle of the Calcio table to the third position (it had 44 units and now has 59), so it remains in the Champions League positions and six to whom could withdraw this privilege (Milan).
This is not the only survey
The judgment also affects the sentences that the leaders Fabio Paratici (2 and a half years without being able to exercise any function), Maurizio Arrivabene (2 years), Andrea Agnelli (16 months) and Pavel Nedved, Paolo Garimberti and Enrico Vellano, among d others, had received. But only the last three received appeals from the defense and those of Agnelli, Paratici and Cherubini were rejected.
In addition, salary cuts that took place during the Covid-19 pandemic are also analyzed. It is that the entity discovered that these sums were returned to the players on an increased basis and the fact was not recorded in the institution’s financial statements.
“It was a confusing time. I remember that we made the decision to accept or not, all together. Many people thought that we had given up four months’ salary and no one knew that we would have accepted three months’ pay in advance. I remember exactly that when I signed the demotion agreement, we had already reached an agreement with the club,” said Dybala in a quote reproduced by Marca.
Of course, it’s unclear when this legal case will be finally resolved, but at Juve headquarters they hope the decision will affect the club next season and thus be able to play in Europe’s most important club tournament.
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