Juventus faced further legal trouble after the Italian Football Federation accused them of making fraudulent statements in handling player wage cuts during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Juventus’ season with too many problems
Midway through this season, prosecutors in Turin charged Juventus, former president Andrea Agnelli and 11 others with misinformation about a company listed on the Milan stock exchange, obstructing the authorities. surveillance, false billing and market manipulation. The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) then fined Juventus 15 points on the Serie A table.
The punishment was suspended last month after Juventus appealed to the highest sports court of the Italian Olympic Committee. However, that does not mean that the Bianconeri is innocent, but the case has been transferred to the appeal court of the Italian Football Federation to receive a new sentence.
Thus, Juventus will be deducted 15 points next season or have to receive another penalty. But the matter did not stop there, Juventus got into additional legal trouble when the FIGC investigated their handling of player wage cuts during the Covid-19 outbreak.
According to Marca, yesterday (May 19), the FIGC accused Juventus and 7 former directors of the club of making fraudulent statements about handling player salary cuts during the Covid-19 pandemic. Specifically, when the pandemic began to break out, Juventus announced that 23 first team players agreed to reduce their wages for 4 months to help the club get out of the crisis. But the Turin prosecutors insist their players only take a month’s pay cut.
Former Juventus president Andrea Agnelli, former vice president Pavel Nedved and former sporting director Fabio Paratici are among those charged. Although they have left Juventus, they still cannot avoid responsibility.
Juventus this season has been empty-handed after being knocked out of the Europa League semi-finals by Sevilla. In Serie A, teachers and coaches Max Allegri ranked 2nd after 35 rounds and almost certainly won the Champions League spot next season.
