The FIGC has seen its appeal thrown out of court, as the Plusvalenze scandal again collapsed with all clubs and directors cleared of all charges.
The entire basis of the investigation and accusations, that players were being traded at inflated prices to help balance the books or make it look as if assets were worth more than on the open market, proved to be fatally flawed.
As the first court verdict pointed out, there is no objective way of calculating the ‘true’ worth of a player other than what one club is willing to pay another for his services.
With that in mind, the very idea of punishing clubs with fines or even docked points became impossible.
The Federation lodged an appeal against that sentence and that too was thrown out today, so the Plusvalenze saga – translated as Capital Gains – is now effectively over.
The clubs involved were Juventus, Napoli, Genoa, Sampdoria, Parma, Empoli, Pescara, Chievo, Pro Vercelli, Pescara, Pisa and Novara.