FIGC President Gabriele Gravina insists he is ‘not interested’ in UEFA potentially excluding Juventus from their competitions. ‘Finally in Italy we have a moment of calm.’
The Bianconeri were docked 10 points for artificially inflating transfer fees to boost capital gains, reduced from the initial 15-point penalty that had been overturned on appeal.
More importantly, Juve worked out a plea bargain over other similar charges and the so-called salary manoeuvre, in turn promising not to lodge any more legal appeals to drag the situation out.
It’s not over yet, as UEFA are expected to exclude Juventus from their tournaments, which in this case would be the Europa Conference League.
“I am vice-president of UEFA and President of the FIGC. I believe in the autonomy of the justice system,” Gravina told reporters after he was asked about the potential exclusion of Juventus.
“I do not know anything about it, that is not up to me, it is not a matter that interests me. What interests me is that finally in Italy we have a moment of calm so that we do not have to further reshuffle the current campaign, but above all the next ones too.
“We have closed the book, so let us roll our sleeves up, set some iron-clad rules for everyone and move forward.”
If Juventus are excluded by UEFA, then the Conference League qualifying spot will go to the next team down in the Serie A standings, which in this case would be Fiorentina in eighth.
And yet Man City with 115 charges against them and nothing being done by the Premier League or UEFA. Something stinks of cover up and corruption here, while they, City, carry on winning trophies.
Definitely it should go to Florentina. They play better football.