ROME — Former Juventus president Andrea Agnelli was banned from soccer for one more 16 months after he was charged with fraud for the best way he dealt with participant wage cuts in the course of the coronavirus pandemic.

It provides to a two-year ban already inflicted on Agnelli for a false accounting case.

Agnelli was additionally fined 60,000 euros ($65,000) by the Italian soccer federation on Monday after being judged answerable for wrongdoing in relationships with participant brokers and partnerships with different golf equipment.

Juventus and 7 different former Juventus administrators agreed to a plea cut price with the federation in May over the wage case, whereas Agnelli was the one determine within the case who determined to be judged.

At the beginning of the pandemic, Juventus stated 23 gamers agreed to cut back their wage for 4 months to assist the membership by means of the disaster. But prosecutors declare the gamers gave up just one month’s wage.

Juventus, which was docked 10 factors final season for false accounting in a separate authorized case, risked an additional factors deduction.

Agnelli and Juventus have denied wrongdoing. He and your complete Juventus board resigned in November following the investigation by Turin prosecutors into false accounting.

It’s creating right into a busy week of authorized instances for Agnelli, whose newest enchantment over the two-year ban stemming from the false accounting case is because of be heard on Tuesday.

Also, UEFA is predicted to resolve quickly if Juventus needs to be banned from the Conference League subsequent season as a result of its authorized troubles.

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