The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) has postponed from Wednesday to Thursday the final decision on Juventus’s appeal of a 15-point suspension, which it punished for financial irregularities in the transfer of players.
The CONI Guarantee Panel, the independent body that is the third and last tier of Italian sports justice, will make the final decision on this sanction hours before the vecchia signora decides in Alvalada against Sporting CP to advance to the semi-finals of the Europa League after a home win 1:0.
This capital gains claim is based on the suspicion that the cost of player transfers has been inflated in order to increase the club’s income.
During today’s afternoon hearing, CONI Attorney General for Sports Hugo Tauser admitted that Juventus were right, so the sentence to be carried out in this league has been set aside by one day and could be reformulated or the trial even retried. as he suggested.
Juventus, on the other hand, consider the decision that resulted in the 15 penalty points “full of errors” and are asking for it to be “annulled”.
On Thursday, CONI will decide whether the 15 points will be returned, whether the sanction will be maintained, or whether a new trial will be held.
In 2022, Juventus were acquitted in this case, along with other clubs, but the federal appeals court of the federation granted the request to reopen the process due to elements transferred by the Italian justice, which is also investigating the “perpetual signora” accounts.
On January 30, the Italian Football Federation’s (FIGC) Court of Appeal justified the sanctions against Juventus for increasing the market value of its players in order to benefit more from their subsequent sale.
This technique, which the Turin club has resorted to, creates a fictitious added value that allowed the organization to balance its balance sheets for at least three years (2019, 2020 and 2021), thereby cutting losses without recapitalizing and strengthening the team without seeing a salary. cover below.
With 15 points off, Juventus are currently seventh in the league with 44 points: a total cancellation of the penalty would mean third place with 59 points, two behind Lazio, second with 61 and Napoli leading the breakaway with 75 .
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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