Italian sports justice has acquitted all of the 11 clubs and the sixty managers prosecuted for possible accounting fraud during the transfer of players. Juventus and Napoli are among the clubs affected.
The Court of the Italian Federation (FIGC) thus seems to agree entirely with the clubs which disputed the accusations of the federal prosecutor of having overvalued the selling prices of certain players and thus recorded in their accounts unjustified capital gains.
Leaders risked suspension
At the opening of the procedure on Tuesday, the prosecutor had notably requested a one-year suspension against the boss of Juventus Andrea Agnelli and 11 months against the president of Naples Aurelio De Laurentiis. Apart from Juventus and Napoli, the other 3 top clubs dismissed were Sampdoria, Genoa and Empoli.
The clubs concerned mainly risked a fine. But the sixty leaders and representatives referred in a personal capacity risked sanctions that could go as far as suspension. All the clubs disputed the criteria used by the federal prosecutor to quantify the value of the players and questioned the prices actually paid during the transfers.
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