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Juventus 15 points deducted! Bianconeri punished for artificially inflating the value of players' capital gains

 Juventus were deducted 15 points after inflating the transfer value and lying to the financial official to save money.


Serie A's financial prosecutor found Juventus to have committed a number of financial violations that saved the club around €90 million (£78 million/$97 million) in player wages.


A statement from the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) confirmed the sanctions in a statement that read: "The Federal Court of Appeal chaired by Mario Luigi Torsello has partially accepted the appeal of Van federal prosecutor's office... sanctioned Juventus with 15 points for service in the current season and a series of fines for 11 Juventus executives (30 months for [Fabio] Paratici, 24 months for [Fabio] Paratici, […] Andrea] Agnelli and [Maurizio] Arrivabene, 16 months for [Federico] Cherubini, 8 months for [Pavel] Nedved, [Paolo] Garimberti, [Enrico] Vellano, [Assia] Venier, [Caitlin] Hughes, [Daniela] Marilungo and [Francesco] Roncaglio).

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