Juventus learn fate of FIGC trial

Juventus have accepted a plea bargain and reached an agreement with the FIGC regarding the 'salary manoeuvres' case.

La Vecchia Signora had been under investigation for a second time in recent months for false accounting, false financial statements and market manipulation, having previously been deducted 10 points for capital gains violations.

In order to avoid any further points deductions, Juve have now accepted a €718,000 fine for their reported misdemeanours and will, importantly, be granted access into European competitions if they qualify for them.

The club are currently sitting in seventh place and, as things stand, will qualify for the 2023/24 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Following the news, FIGC president Gabriel Gravina hailed the rule as the 'best result' for Serie A football, telling ANSA: "There is a time to ascertain and make judgements, but also one to look at the future with more serenity, by respecting rules.

"Our rules provide this latest act, it was auspicated and shared and it was the best result for Italian football to find a moment of serenity."

While Juventus accepted the charges, former president Andrea Agnelli hasn't and will therefore stand trial on 15th June.

A club statement on the plea bargain reads: "Juventus Football Club S.p.A. (“Juventus” or the “Company”) informs that it has defined to any effect with the Sport Justice bodies the FIGC proceeding no. 336 pf 22-23 (relating the so-called “2019/2020 and 2020/2021 salary maneuvers”, the relationships with certain sport agents, as well as certain alleged “partnerships” with other clubs) as a result of the infliction of a pecuniary sanction of Euro 718,240.00 and of the waiver of the filing of appeal before the Sport Guarantee Board before CONI (“Collegio di Garanzia dello Sport presso il CONI”) against the decision issued by the Federal Court of Appeal on May 22 2023 in the proceeding regarding the so-called “capital gains”.

"The National Federal Court FIGC issued, in fact, on today’s date, the Decision 0189/TFNSD-2022-2023 which, definitively ruling, orders the infliction of the above-mentioned pecuniary sanction against the Company following the proposal for the “application of sanctions on request after referral” submitted by Juventus pursuant to Article 127 of the FIGC Sport Justice Code which also includes the Company’s undertaking to waive the filing of means of appeal (“mezzi di impugnazione”) before the Sport Guarantee Board before CONI against the decision issued by the Federal Court of Appeal on May 22 2023 in the context of the remand judgement n. 138/CFA/2022-2023 (proceeding n. 233 pf 21-21 regarding the so-called “capital gains”).

"The Company, while reiterating the correctness of its actions and the soundness of its defensive arguments, has decided to file the application of sanctions on request under Article 127 CGS in the terms indicated above in the best interest of the Company itself, of its shareholders and of all stakeholders (belonging to the sports system and not).

"The settlement of all open FIGC sports proceedings allows the Company to achieve a definite result, settling the matter and overcoming the state of tension and instability that would inevitably descend from the continuation of disputes whose outcomes and timing would remain uncertain, also allowing the management, the coach of the First Team and the players to focus on sports activities and in particular on the overall planning of the next season (with regard to sports activities and to business relationships with sponsors, other commercial and financial counterparts)."

Juventus face off against Udinese on the final day of the Serie A season knowing that a win, and other results going their way, could mean UEFA Europa League qualification.

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