Juventus has said it is confident it
respected the law after confirming that the club and several top
officials were under investigation in a criminal probe into
player trades done between 2019 and this year.
The club confirmed that Chairman Andrea Agnelli and
Vice-Chairman Pavel Nedved are under investigation.
Former chief football officer Fabio Paratici, now with Tottenham
Hotspur, is reportedly under investigation too.
"The Company is cooperating with the investigators and with
CONSOB and trusts that it will clarify any aspect of interest to
it as it believes to have acted in compliance with the laws and
regulations governing the preparation of financial reports, in
accordance with accounting principles and in line with the
international practice in the football industry and market
conditions," the Turin giants said in a statement.
The club is accused of giving false financial communications and
issuing invoices for non-existent transactions.
Italian stock-market watchdog CONSOB is also looking into the
revenue it posted from player trades amid reports that the
values generated were inflated.
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