Some of Italian football’s top figures could heave a sigh of relief on Friday after the country’s football federation acquitted everyone brought to its tribunal over questionable transfer deals.
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Juventus and Napoli presidents Andrea Agnelli and Aurelio De Laurentiis were among 61 people before the FIGC’s tribunal for their alleged roles in suspected inflated transfer prices designed to artificially boost the clubs’ balance sheets.
Agnelli was facing a possible year-long ban and prosecutors also asked for the suspension of a group of Juve directors. De Laurentiis, his wife and their two children also risked lengthy sanctions.
His club, Italy’s two biggest, was also in front of the judges along with nine other teams from Serie A and the lower divisions.
The trial was closed to the public but reportedly saw 62 transfers over the three seasons between 2019 and 2021, most involving Juve, but the biggest was Victor Osimhen’s move from Lille to Napoli with a €70 million move .
The transfer stood out as it involved four players worth more than €20 million going to Lille as part of the deal. Three of them never played for a French club and are now in the lower divisions of Italy.
The defendants argued that there was no objective way to assess a player’s worth, and in Thursday’s edition of the sports daily Corriere dello Sport, Napoli’s lawyer said prosecutors based their own assessment on data from the popular website Transfermark. But did.
The tribunal’s decision was expected to lead to a protracted legal battle with appeals, but did not completely end the dispute, as Juve was investigated by criminal prosecutors in Turin for allegedly inflated capital gains between 2019 and 2021 is going
Investors are suspected of furnishing incorrect accounting information and invoices for non-existent transactions during this period.
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