Former Juventus chiefs convicted of corruption in Italy | OneFootball

A court in Rome convicted several former executives of Juventus on Monday, including the club's former president Andrea Agnelli, to suspended prison sentences for financial fraud between 2019 and 2021.

The former Czech player Pavel Nedved, former vice-president of Juventus, was sentenced to one year and two months suspended, and the former sports director Fabio Paratici, to one year and six months suspended. Maurizio Arrivabene, former general manager of the club, was acquitted of all charges.

These sentences definitively close the judicial process of a case that made the club lose 10 points in the Italian Championship of the 2022/2023 season, which prevented the team from qualifying for the European cups.

Between 2019 and 2021, Juventus paid certain player salaries late, without properly informing the institutions. This manipulation of salaries was intended to artificially reduce losses in the annual balances during the covid-19 pandemic.

“The decision to ask for an extension of the sentence (...) was undoubtedly very difficult to make,” explained Agnelli on his X social network account. He left the presidency in November 2022.

“After much reflection, I am convinced that it was the most appropriate choice,” he added.

Juventus, which was fined 157,000 euros (R$ 987,000), indicated in a statement that “this agreement (did not imply) any admission or recognition of responsibility”.

“Reaffirming the regularity of its actions and the consistency of its arguments, the club considered it appropriate to settle this agreement in the interests of its shareholders and all the parties indicated,” the text continues.

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