Andrea Agnelli

A Rome judge approved a negotiated criminal settlement involving several former Juventus executives in the case concerning financial information, player transfers and salary arrangements during the Covid period. Andrea Agnelli received a twenty-month suspended sentence, not to be served in prison.

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20-month suspended sentence, no prison

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In the separate sporting case concerning salary manoeuvres, relations with agents and certain partnerships, the federal tribunal initially imposed a sixteen-month ban and a €60,000 fine on Agnelli. The Federal Court of Appeal reduced the sanction to ten months and €40,000.

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10-month ban and €40,000 fine upheld

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An Italian arbitration panel hearing Cristiano Ronaldo's claim found that there was no binding supplementary agreement or proven fraud, but held Juventus liable for pre-contractual conduct during salary negotiations in the Agnelli era. The club was ordered to pay approximately €9.8 million, roughly half the amount claimed.

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The first sporting trial concerning capital gains had resulted in acquittals in 2022. Following the submission of new evidence from the criminal investigation, the Federal Court of Appeal reopened the case in January 2023, deducted 15 points from Juventus and imposed a 24-month ban on Agnelli.

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24-month FIGC ban imposed and challenged

Andrea Agnelli and the entire Juventus board of directors resigned as the club faced the Prisma investigation, observations from Consob and questions from auditors concerning the accounts, notably capital gains and salaries deferred during the pandemic.

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Agnelli, then Juventus president and a major figure within the ECA/UEFA, participated in launching the closed Super League with eleven other clubs. The project provoked an extremely hostile reaction from UEFA, federations, leagues, governments and supporters before rapidly collapsing following the withdrawal of English clubs.

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Italian sporting authorities sanctioned Andrea Agnelli in the case concerning relations between Juventus and certain ultras groups involving tickets and season tickets. On appeal, his ban was reduced to the period already served and a €100,000 fine was upheld; Juventus was also sanctioned.

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