Rome (AP) – Because of their involvement in a football financial scandal in Italy, the club bosses of Juventus Turin, SSC Napoli and Tottenham Hotspur in England are threatened with long bans.
At the start of the proceedings before the sports court of the Italian association FIGC, the prosecution called for a 12-month suspension for Juve’s club manager Andrea Agnelli and more than 16 months for the former manager of the record champions, Fabio Paratici. He has been sporting director of Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League since summer 2021.
The two and 59 other football officials are said to have falsified the financial reports of eleven clubs involved – including five from Serie A – in recent years. According to the indictment, they rated some of their players much better and thus booked significantly higher capital gains and benefit claims than was permissible.
In addition to the two Juve managers, Aurelio De Laurentiis, the president of SSC Napoli, is also accused; a ban of a good eleven months was demanded for the film producer. Former world-class professional and Juve manager Pavel Nedved is set to be suspended for eight months. In addition, fines of 800 million euros for Juventus and 392 million for Napoli were demanded.
In addition to the sports law proceedings, in which, according to a report in the “Gazzetta dello Sport”, there should be a first judgment shortly after Easter and probably an appeal hearing in May, the public prosecutor’s offices in Turin and Milan are also active in the cause.