Juventus: Serie A side docked 15 points as Tottenham’s Fabio Paratici handed 30-month ban from Italian football | Football News

Juventus have been deducted 15 Serie A factors for alleged monetary irregularities and false accounting, whereas Tottenham’s switch chief Fabio Paratici has been handed a 30-month ban from Italian soccer for his involvement.

Paratici’s ban features a request for an extension to cowl UEFA and FIFA actions.

With 20 video games left to play this season, Juve had been third in Serie A, 10 factors adrift of leaders Napoli. The factors deduction would push them down into mid-table, exterior the spots for European competitors.

The Italian nationwide soccer federation (FIGC) selected a 30-month ban for Juve’s former sporting director Paratici, who’s now managing director of soccer at Spurs.

The courtroom additionally dominated that former Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli is to be banned from holding workplace in Italian soccer for twenty-four months.

Juventus have denied wrongdoing and mentioned their accounting was according to trade requirements.

The Turin-based membership and the officers concerned – together with Paratici – intend to attraction the choice to CONI (Italian Olympic Committee).

CONI has the facility to resolve whether or not the choice is appropriate or not appropriate, and can’t scale back or change any of the sanctions.

Sky Sports activities Information has contacted Tottenham for remark in relation to the sanction handed out in opposition to Paratici – there isn’t any suggestion he has carried out any wrongdoing whereas at Spurs.

The rulings come after the entire Juve board, including Agnelli, resigned in November.

The collective resignation got here after Juve’s monetary statements underwent scrutiny by prosecutors and Italian market regulator Consob final yr for alleged false accounting and market manipulation.

Moreover, Juve printed an annual lack of £220m for final season – a record-breaking charge within the historical past of the membership.

Juve’s subsequent league sport is at dwelling to Atalanta on Sunday.