Eleven clubs, including five from Serie A, have been appearing before disciplinary bodies since Tuesday morning, accused of having "recognized capital gains and transfer rights for values higher than those authorized", according to the Italian Football Federation (FIGC). ).
Besides Juventus and Napoli, the other three top clubs sacked are Sampdoria Genoa, Genoa and Empoli.
This sporting "trial" also concerns two clubs from Serie B (Parma and Pisa), two from Lega Pro (3rd division, Pescara and Pro Vercelli) and two that no longer exist, Novara and Chievo Verona.
The clubs concerned mainly risk a fine.
But the sixty leaders and representatives referred in a personal capacity risk sanctions that can go as far as suspension.
At the start of this procedure behind closed doors, the prosecutor requested suspensions for a dozen leaders of Juventus, on the front line in this case because of the numerous capital gains recorded in recent seasons during the sale of players, for amounts sometimes deemed to be overstated in relation to the real value of the persons concerned.
In particular, he asked for a year's suspension against the bianconero president Andrea Agnelli, 16 months and 10 days against the former sporting director Fabio Paratici, now at Tottenham, or even 8 months for vice-president Pavel. Nedved, according to a FIGC statement.
A fine of 800,000 euros has been requested against Juventus.
In addition to this sporting procedure, the most successful club in Italy has been targeted since November by an investigation by the Italian courts into capital gains made between 2019 and 2021. He is 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 requested 11 months and 5 days of suspension.
The president of Naples Aurelio de Laurentis on February 8, 200 in Rome ANDREAS SOLARO AFP / Archives
The Neapolitan club, against which a fine of 392,000 euros is also requested, is being prosecuted in connection with the transfer of Nigerian Victor Osimhen from Lille in 2020, according to the media.
In parallel with the purchase of the striker, for an estimated amount of around 70 million euros, Napoli had indeed lowered the bill by selling the French club four players for around 20 million euros in total.
This sum is considered by the press as largely overvalued since three of these players have never played in Lille and are now playing in the 3rd division and below in Italy.
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