Juventus docked 10 points in Serie A at new hearing

Juventus docked 10 points in Serie A at a new hearing. In response to a fresh hearing examining the team’s prior transfer activities, Juventus has been penalized 10 points.

Juve was initially given a 15-point punishment in January, but, in April, Italy’s highest sporting court reversed that decision and demanded that the issue be reexamined.

The new verdict was made public before the team’s 4-1 loss to Empoli on Monday.

Juve is now seventh in Serie A, outside of the slots necessary to qualify for Europe as a result of the penalty.

Before Monday’s decision, Napoli had a 17-point lead over Juve for second place in the Serie A standings and had already won the championship.

Juve coach Massimiliano Allegri described the scenario as “strange,” noting that the punishment was announced 10 minutes prior to the game.

“To say that this evening can summarize a season would be an understatement. Juventus is used to success; therefore, we must stick together.

Juve’s 15-point penalty from the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) appeals court was overturned by a CONI panel in April.

It requested that the club and some significant individuals, notably former vice-chairman Pavel Nedved, who had been sentenced to an eight-month suspension, be given different sentences.

Along with club administrators Paolo Garimberti, Assia Grazioli Venier, Caitlin Mary Hughes, Daniela Marilungo, Francesco Roncaglio, and Enrico Vellano, Nedved has been found not guilty.

Juventus docked 10 points in Serie A at a new hearing

Juventus docked 10 points in Serie A at new hearing into transfer dealings

Former chairman Andrea Agnelli, former CEO Maurizio Arrivabene, and sporting directors Federico Cherubini and Fabio Paratici all received lengthy suspensions that have since been upheld.

According to a Juventus statement, the club “takes note” of the ruling and “reserves the right to read the reasons to evaluate a potential appeal to CONI.”

“What was established by the fifth instance of judgment in this case, which started more than a year ago, arouses great resentment in the club and in its millions of supporters who, in the absence of clear rules, find themselves harshly punished with the imposition of sanctions that seem to take the principle of proportionality into account,” it continued.

While Juventus has never shied away from the need for urgency throughout the proceedings, it is emphasized that these facts still need to be assessed by a court.

With two games remaining with Juve hosting Milan on Sunday, Juve is five points behind AC Milan for the final Champions League position following their loss at Empoli on Monday.

Twelve current and former club officials, including Agnelli, are being investigated for possible crimes related to their accounting procedures.

Italian news outlets report that a high court hearing on October 26 will determine whether any further trials will occur in Turin, where the investigation has been conducted, or in Milan or Rome.

Why were Juventus’ points deducted?
Following a two-year, 2019–2021, FIGC inquiry regarding the club’s prior transfer transactions, The Old Lady received a points deduction.

Juventus was accused of manipulating their financial statements by making fictitious gains from club transfers totaling about 60 million euros, and the FIGC’s appeals court judged them guilty of these accusations in January.

The club, though, insisted there had been no misconduct and brought their claim before the Olympic Committee, Italy’s highest athletic body.

The tribunal looked into the legality of the penalties imposed by the FIGC on the club and directors rather than making a decision on the case’s merits.

Juventus was one of several Serie A clubs cleared of questionable transfer activity by a FIGC appeals court hearing last year, but the inquiry into the club was revived as a result of fresh information from a different criminal investigation into their finances.

The first 15-point penalty was harsher than the nine-point deduction that the prosecution had requested, and the club hoped that there would be no points loss after the case had been re-examined.

Who are the parties concerned?
While the inquiry was ongoing in November, Agnelli and the rest of the club’s board resigned.

Resignations were “considered to be in the best social interest to recommend that Juventus equip itself with a new board of directors to address these issues,” according to a statement at the time.

During the club’s 13 years under the chairman’s leadership, Juventus won nine straight Serie A championships and advanced to two Champions League finals.

But they suffered a record-breaking £220 million deficit last year for an Italian team.

Italian footballers Agnelli and Arrivabene were given a two-year suspension, while Cherubini and Paratici were given domestic suspensions of 16 months and two and a half years, respectively.

Before the decision in January, Paratici departed the team to take the managing director position at Tottenham, but Fifa extended his suspension to the entire world in March.

The regulatory body of European football, Uefa, is also looking into Juventus for possible violations of its club licensing and financial fair play rules. This inquiry was revealed in March.

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