Request for a one-year suspension for Juve boss Agnelli

One year of suspension was required this Tuesday against the boss of Juventus, Andrea Agnelli, and eleven months against the president of Naples, Aurelio De Laurentiis, brought before the Italian sports justice for alleged accounting fraud in player transfers.

Eleven clubs, five of them from Serie A, appear this Tuesday before the disciplinary authorities, accused of having “accounted for capital gains and transfer rights for values ​​higher than those authorized”, according to the Italian Football Federation (FIGC).

In addition to Juventus and Napoli, the other three elite clubs appearing are Sampdoria, Genoa and Empoli.

This sports “process” also affects two Serie B clubs (Parma and Pisa), two from Lega Pro (third division, Pescara and Pro Vercelli) and two that no longer exist, Novara and Chievo Verona.

The affected clubs are mainly at risk of a fine. But the more than fifty leaders and representatives brought to justice in a personal capacity run the risk of sanctions that can go as far as suspension.

At the opening of this process behind closed doors, the prosecutor required suspensions for a dozen Juventus leaders, in the front line in this case due to various capital gains recorded in recent seasons in player sales, for amounts judged sometimes evaluated upwards with respect to the real value of the interested parties.

He requested a one-year suspension for Bianconero president Andrea Agnelli, 16 months and 10 days for former sporting director Fabio Paratici, now at Tottenham, and eight months for vice president Pavel Nedved, according to a statement from the Italian Federation.

He also requested a fine of 800,000 euros ($871.00) against Juventus.

In addition to this sporting process, the club with the most titles in Italy has been at the center of an investigation by the Italian justice since November regarding capital gains made between 2019 and 2021, being suspected of having communicated false information to investors and of having produced invoices for non-existent transactions, according to the Turin prosecutor’s office.

For the president of Naples Aurelio De Laurentiis, the prosecutor of the Italian Federation required eleven months and five days of suspension.

The Neapolitan club, against which a fine of 392,000 euros (426,000 dollars) was requested, is tried in the framework of the transfer of Nigerian Victor Osimhen, from Lille in 2020, according to the media.

In parallel to the purchase of the striker, for an estimated amount of around 70 million euros (76 million dollars), Napoli lowered the bill, selling four players to the French club for around 20 million euros (21.7 million dollars). dollars) in total. This sum is considered by the press to be widely valued upwards, since three of these players never played for Lille and now play in the third division or lower in Italy.

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