The sporting justice system is just getting started with Juventus and could drag several new clubs into the investigation, but demotion to Serie B is unlikely.
The Bianconeri had originally been cleared of wrongdoing in the April and May hearings into inflated transfer fees to boost capital gains, because it was impossible to prove the value of a player other than the fee two clubs agree to.
However, the FIGC prosecutor has appealed to overturn that verdict based on new evidence produced by the Prisma investigation.
That was performed by the police, so they had access to wiretaps, which hinted that Juventus directors knew the fees were artificially inflated, several of them blaming current Tottenham Hotspur director Fabio Paratici for pushing the technically legal system ‘too far.’
However, this is just the beginning, because it tries to reopen the previous case, whereas it’s reported the FIGC prosecutor will use the Prisma evidence to start a new investigation into clubs who made deals with Juventus, including Atalanta, Sassuolo and Udinese.
Meanwhile, former FIGC prosecutor Luigi De Ficchy told Calciomercato.it what the Bianconeri can expect.
“Juventus are at risk for the sporting justice system. Without doubt they risk a points penalty, but from what I have read of the evidence, I don’t think it will lead to a demotion. One of the fundamental criteria to decide on sanctions is if it interfered with the results on the field.”
This is the capital gains part, but there is a whole new investigation into Juventus for the private agreements with players to pay outstanding wages secretly during the pandemic rather than forego them entirely.
So far, the players themselves are not under investigation or considered to be co-conspirators in these supposed agreements, not for the sporting justice or the civil justice system.
Agnelli will take care of it, as always.
Thank god. The CL always needs its eternal whipping boys.