An investigation was recently opened in Italy into financial irregularities at Juventus, including transfers. Non-sporting problems far from trivial and which could cost the Old Lady dearly.
Stuck in seventh place A league and humiliated in the Champions League by Chelsea 4-0, Juventus had a nightmarish week in sport. As if that were not enough, the Turin club is now in the sights of the Italian justice. Indeed, Juventus has suffered a search of its offices in connection with a case related to certain transfers deemed dubious from the Old Lady. The Bianconeri are accused of falsifying their balance sheet by means of distorted capital gains on these transfers between 2018 and 2021, in particular the arrival in 2018 and then the departure this summer of Cristiano Ronaldo. This investigation targets in particular the president of the club Andrea Agnelli, his vice-president Pavel Nedved and the former sporting director Fabio Paratici, stationed at Tottenham since.
Serie B and Scudetto as a threat
Sanctions against Juventus could be significant according to the president of the Italian association of consumer rights Codacons, Marco Donzelli. The latter, whose association intends to file a complaint against the club, sums up what he is accused of and the sanctions incurred by the Old Lady. ” If Juventus had illegitimately acquired an advantage over rival clubs with operations of this type, then the regularity of the last football championships would fail and, as a result, the Federation and the Market Competition Authority will have to step in and sanction them. this. Beyond individual responsibilities, the club will not be exempt from sanctions. For this reason and to protect thousands of fans, we will file a complaint with the Antitrust and the Federal Prosecutor’s Office asking for the relegation to Serie B of Juventus and the revocation of the last league titles won in the shadow of these operations. potentially illegal. He explains to Tuttomercato. A terrible sanction but already known by Juventus. Indeed, in 2006, the Turinese had been relegated to Serie B for calciopoli, a matter of buying matches and referees. Juventus had also officially lost their 2005 and 2006 titles.
