Juventus have already won a victory in their appeal against their 15-point Serie A ban, with the court effectively admitting there is a lack of clarity and suggesting a new trial. The appeal at the Collegio di Garanzia was held for three hours today and a decision is expected potentially this evening.
Juve’s lawyers are asking for the entire 15-point penalty to be revoked, along with penalties for directors including Fabio Paratici, now at Tottenham Hotspur, Andrea Agnelli, Maurizio Arrivabene and Federico Cherubini. They were accused of artificially inflating transfer fees. to increase capital gains.
A sign of the strength of Juve’s position is that the general prosecutor of the sport, Ugo Taucer, admitted that the reasoning behind the 15-point penalty lacks clarity in motivation that should be assessed and re-evaluated by a new trial. In fact, he is confirming the difficulty of imposing such a large penalty on something that is frankly not very clear.
He also admits that the motivation given is insufficient to explain why the penalty was 15 points when in January FIGC prosecutor Giuseppe Chinè asked for a nine-point penalty for Juventus. If this approach is followed by the Collegio di Garanzia, it will temporarily revoke the penalty of 15 points in the current Serie A table pending a new trial./
