Capital gains, Juventus attacks the Prosecutor’s Office thanks to an interview. Then it’s up to Napoli

Second day of the capital gains process today in Rome. The defenses of Juventus, Naples, Genoa and Sampdoria, still connected by videoconference, speak before the Federal Court chaired by Carlo Sica.

The Juventus defense

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Luca Campedelli’s defense of Chievo began around 10.45 (for him the FIGC Prosecutor asked for 10 months and 5 days), then, shortly after 11, it was the turn of the Bianconeri’s lawyers, called to defend not only the club (for which the prosecutor Chinè asked for a fine of 800 thousand euros) but also and above all the managers, from President Agnelli (asked for 12 months of inhibition) to Cherubini (6 months and 20 days) up to Nedved, Arrivabene and many of the Board members (8 months). Without forgetting Paratici: for him, the signatory of 32 disputed contracts in the investigation, the highest penalty of the entire trial was requested, 16 months and 10 days. The former Juventus player, now at Tottenham, intends to make his voice heard again today.

The Transfermarkt node

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As for the other clubs, the Juventus defense also focuses on questioning the model with which the Prosecutor’s Office redefined the value of the players by setting a “fair price” on which the fictitious capital gain was then calculated. Among the disputed procedures there is also the choice of comparing, as a form of further control, the new estimates with the German site Transfermarkt, which emerges clearly in the referral. Juve’s lawyers are not there and already this morning they brought to the attention of the Court some elements that question the credibility of the Transfermarkt data. In particular, they pulled out an interview that Martin Freudl, a man who deals with the entire Bundesliga for the transfer market alone, released to the Dutch portal “Follow the Money”, in which he talks about the method to obtain the value of footballers: “I spend part of my free time at home on my computer and then the football industry takes my assessments seriously – said Freudl -. It’s unreal, I’m a social worker, I do these things for Transfermarkt for fun , while the football industry moves millions. The contrast is insane. ” There is therefore no algorithm and even this aspect could undermine the unprecedented scaffolding with which the Prosecutor’s Office wants to hit a system – that of inflated capital gains – which has hitherto appeared unassailable.