Juventus Investigation: Juventus under investigation for Cristiano Ronaldo transfer, Arthur-Pjanic swap deals, could be relegated from Serie A

Juventus Investigation: Cristiano Ronaldo’s transfer under scanner – Thirty-five-time Italian Champions Juventus have been accused of false accounting. The Italian reports suggest that 42 player transfers – including ones involving, Cristiano Ronaldo, Arthur and Joao Cancelo are subject to investigation. This report comes from a customer rights investigation group CODACONS. If the reports were found to be true, Juventus could be relegated to Serie B once again.

Since the Calciopoli scandal, it is for the first time that Serie A giants have been accused of financial fraud. The Old Lady has been accused of False Accounting by the CODACONS’ group president Marco Donzelli, who runs the Italian association for the protection of consumer rights, has spoken about the impact it could have on Juventus if they are found to have stolen an unfair advantage.

Juventus Investigation: Juventus under investigation for Cristiano Ronaldo transfer, Arthur-Pjanic swap deals, could be relegated from Serie A

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Donzelli said in an interview with Italian agency Tutto Mercato Web, “The accusatory system is very serious and throws a sinister light on the last football championships, also because there has been a real Juventus dominance in recent years, which ended in the past year.”

“If Juventus were to have illegitimately gained an advantage over rival clubs with operations of this type, then the regularity of the last football championships would fail and, as a consequence, the Federation and the Authority for market competition will have to intervene and sanction those responsible.”

“Beyond individual responsibilities, the club will not be exempt from punishment. For this reason and to protect thousands of fans, we will present a complaint to the Antitrust and the Federal Prosecutor’s Office asking for the relegation to Serie B for Juventus and the revocation of the last league titles won in the shadow of these potentially illegal operations.”

Juventus Investigation: Juventus under investigation for Cristiano Ronaldo transfer, Arthur-Pjanic swap deals, could be relegated from Serie A

Italian authorities took documents relating to transfers, invoices and financial statements from Juventus’ offices in Turin and Milan, with six Juventus officials – including club president Andrea Agnelli and vice-president Pavel Nedved under investigation, as well as Juventus itself.

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Juventus’ posted an update on Twitter saying-

Juventus assure they are cooperating with investigators and are confident to clarify their position in the financial investigation involving the club.

Juventus Investigation: Juventus under investigation for Cristiano Ronaldo transfer, Arthur-Pjanic swap deals, could be relegated from Serie A

President Andrea Agnelli is under investigation for false accounting along with other current and former club directors, including vice president Pavel Nedved and Fabio Paratici, now at Tottenham.

“Juventus Football Club S.p.A. (“Juventus” or the “Company”) acknowledges that the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Court of Turin has started investigations against the Company and some of its current officers (Andrea Agnelli, Pavel Nedved and Stefano Cerrato) and former officers concerning item “Revenues from players’ registration rights,” Juventus statement read.

“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.”