Juventus and the rest of Serie A will have to wait until Thursday for the verdict of their appeal against the 15-point penalty, as it seems increasingly likely they’ll get the points back pending another trial.

The 15-point penalty was imposed in January 2023 for artificially inflating transfer fees in order to boost capital gains, in one fell swoop plummeting them down the Serie A table.

An appeal was heard this afternoon at the Collegio di Garanzia over three hours and the FIGC did not stand against it, so will not counter-appeal.

According to Sky Sport Italia, a verdict won’t be confirmed until at least tomorrow.

Multiple sources now suggest it is increasingly likely the matter will be sent to a different court for a new trial, which would mean Juve getting their 15 points back for the time being.

It would automatically push them into third place on 59 points.

Juventus lawyers still hope they will manage to get the entire case thrown out and end the matter here.

When the case for 11 clubs and 59 individuals was initially taken to the FIGC – including Juve, Napoli, Sampdoria, Genoa, Empoli, Parma, Pisa, Pescara, Novara, Chievo and Pro Vercelli – they were all cleared on April 15 because the court found it was impossible to independently ascertain the value of a player.

Therefore, whatever fee two clubs agreed to for the transfer of a player was his value.

However, when more evidence emerged from the Turin-based Prisma investigation in December, including wiretaps of Bianconeri directors Fabio Paratici, Maurizio Arrivabene and others discussing the deals, the FIGC requested the revocation of that original sentence.

It was only for Juventus because the new evidence related to this club.

The entire board of directors resigned, but in January FIGC prosecutor Giuseppe Chinè requested a nine-point penalty for Juventus and – unusually – the FIGC Federal Court imposed an even harsher punishment of 15 points.

It also banned Paratici for two and a half years, Andrea Agnelli and Arrivabene for two years, Cherubini for one year and four months, and Pavel Nedved for eight months.

FIFA extended those bans worldwide, which is why Paratici was forced to take a leave of absence at Tottenham Hotspur.

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