According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Juventus and their former directors did not get what they expected from the so-called ‘secret document’ after winning the legal battle with the FIGC to have it released in the capital gains trial.
Juve are accused of artificially inflating transfer fees in exchange deals with other clubs to boost their capital gains, therefore making it look as if they were moving around much more valuable assets than in reality.
The Federation had fought to block the release of the document and lost the emergency appeal last night.
However, La Gazzetta dello Sport insists it has read the six-page document and it does not contain the information Juventus lawyers had hoped.
Indeed, Juventus are never mentioned by name and above all there is nothing that can be defined a ‘notitae criminis’ – the notice that sets a criminal prosecution in motion.
If it had been present in the document from April 2021, Juve could’ve argued that the investigation effectively started at that point, rendering the punishment beyond the statute of limitations.
It also sees the FIGC prosecutor effectively confirm that disciplinary action can be taken ‘if sufficient evidence emerges to corroborate the need to investigate’ transfer exchanges between clubs.
Juventus would not be the first side in Italy punished for these capital gains deals, as in recent years Chievo and Cesena were penalised with docked points.
So the FIGC did not fight the release because the document damaged their case, but rather to avoid setting a precedent.