The suspension imposed on former Juventus president Andrea Agnelli in a so-called “salary maneuver” case has been reduced from 16 to 10 months following an appeal, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) said on Tuesday.
“The Federal Court of Appeal of the International Football Federation partially took into account the appeal of Andrea Agnelli, reducing the period of suspension imposed on July 10 from 16 to 10 months,” the Italian football federation said in a statement.
The organization also adds that the fine applied to 47-year-old Andrea Agnelli, who led Juventus from 2010 to 2022, has also been reduced from 60 to 40 thousand euros.
As part of a case that Juventus set up a suspicious system for paying wages and bonuses during the Covid-19 pandemic, the club was fined around 700,000 euros in late May.
In January, Andrea Agnelli was suspended from Italian football for two years after Juventus were found guilty of using transfers to artificially boost capital gains.
Juventus were stripped of 10 points for the infraction after a series of appeals. The sanction is part of a wider investigation into allegations of fake accounts and fraudulent transfers that have rocked Italian football.
Massimiliano Allegri’s team ended the 2022/23 season in seventh place after a nightmare season behind the scenes, with two high-profile scandals and finally a UEFA sanction for breaching financial fair play, excluding the club from the Europa Conference League.