MILAN: Juventus have been deducted 15 points for the current season by an Italian football court investigating the club's transfer dealings, leaving the country's most successful team marooned in mid-table. The ruling, which also deals a blow to the club's reputation, is tougher than a
MILAN: Juventus have been deducted 15 points for the current season by an Italian football court investigating the club's transfer dealings, leaving the country's most successful team marooned in mid-table.nine-point deduction a prosecutor had requested earlier on Friday
In a statement, the court also imposed bans from holding office in Italian football on 11 past and present Juventus directors. "We consider this to be a blatant injustice also for millions of fans, which we trust will soon be remedied in the next court," lawyers for the club said in a statement.The club is controlled by the Agnelli family's Exor holding company and its shares are listed on the Milan stock exchange.The ruling reversed a previous decision in April to clear Juventus, 10 other clubs and their executives of wrongdoing.
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