Italian Olympic Committee suspends deduction of 15 points from Juventus

The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) this Thursday decided to suspend the deduction of 15 points to Juventus in the Italian league for alleged financial irregularities in the transfer of players, given that the case must be re-examined.

Juventus, who will play Sporting CP this Thursday at the José Alvalade Stadium in the second leg of the Europa League quarter-final, will thus temporarily regain the 15 points taken off on 20 January, so that they will move from seventh to third place in the Serie. A, with 59 points, two behind second-placed Lazio and 16 behind leaders Napoli.

On Wednesday, the Collegium of Guarantees of CONI, an independent body that is the third and last tier of Italian sports justice, decided to postpone until this Thursday the verdict on the appeal submitted by the coat of arms of Turin, the capital gains process. this is based on the suspicion of the cost of player transfers, which would be inflated in order to increase the club’s revenue.

Juventus, which has not yet commented on the decision, will await a new decision from the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) Court of Appeal.

In 2022, Juventus were acquitted in this case, along with other clubs, but the FIGC federal appeals court granted the request to reopen the process due to elements transferred by the Italian court, which is also investigating Vecchia’s accounts. Signora.

On January 30, the Court of Appeal of the Transalpine Federation justified the sanctions against Juventus for increasing the market value of its players in order to get more benefit from their subsequent sale.

This ploy, which the Turin club allegedly 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), cut losses, not recapitalize and strengthen the team without seeing a paycheck. cover below.