Bad news are just piling up. Juve is in a very difficult situation, they are ten points behind Napoli in Serie A after only 11 rounds, without a third of the players at their disposal, they could be out of the Champions League as of tonight, and on top of all that, a notice has arrived about the closure of the preliminary investigation into the falsification of final accounts and a series of other criminal acts, related to stock exchange manipulations since the club is listed on the stock exchange. Moreover, the prosecution requested a measure of house arrest for president Andrea Agnelli, but the judge in charge of the proceedings rejected that request.Capital gains gate continues. Turin prosecutor asks to have Juventus President put in house arrest. Groundhog Day. https://t.co/R8fG04hkEp— Nima Tavallaey Roodsari (@NimaTavRood) October 24, 2022 Investigations were conducted against 16 Juve employees, including president Agnelli, vice-president Pavel Nedved, general manager Maurizio Arrivabene and former sporting director (and now Spurs executive) Fabio Paraticci. Now the lawyers of Juventus and the person under investigation are expected to submit submissions and explanations, after which the judge for the preliminary procedure will decide whether to accept the prosecution’s request to initiate the procedure.Juve is the proud owner of the league’s new negative recordJuventus are accused of falsifying their financial statements and the prosecutor has highlighted a substantial gap between the ‘real’ figures and those declared by the club. Investigators also aim to prove that Juventus players didn’t give up to four months’ wages in March 2020, at the beginning of the COVID pandemic, but only missed one and continued to receive money, contrary to what Juventus, one of the clubs listed on the stock market, had communicated. Cristiano Ronaldo was still a Juventus player then, but according to La Stampa, the Manchester United striker refused to discuss his situation despite a request from the Prosecutor.’Juventus, Roma, Milan and Inter are all bankrupt’“Juventus remains convinced, also taking into account the in-depth legal and accounting investigations carried out by the Company with the help of its consultants and the legal and technical-accounting opinions acquired by the Company, that it has acted in compliance with the laws and regulations governing the preparation of financial reports, in accordance with the applicable accounting principles and related application criteria and in line with international practice in the football industry” said Juve in an official statement released today.##NAJAVA_MECA_6757083##
