JUVENTUS - FIFTEEN POINTS DEDUCTION

accounting in the terms of historic transfer dealings in the exchange of players between clubs.

Juventus were second in the Serie A Table, ten points behind league leaders Napoli. They have slipped to tenth, due to this punishment with the club’s owners. Juventus’ hopes of winning the Serie A title are all but over and they must go on an impressive winning run to salvage European football.

UPDATED: Juventus FC announced, and just a couple of hours before the vital Europa League quarterfinal tie, that Juventus’ appeal of the fifteen points deduction they had received was successful. Well, at least temporarily!

On Friday 26th January, the Italian Football Fderation announced that Juventus had been deducted fifteen points for financial irregularities and false

Juventus’ entire board resigned just four months ago, after the investigation was launched into their alleged financial irregularities. The Italian giants also published an annual loss of £220 million for the 2021-22 campaign, which is a club record for the team in black and white.

This means that Juventus will now get their fifteen points back, at least for now. There will be a new trial at the Federal Court of Appeal taking place soon. However, considering that this could be in a month, or even next season, Juventus will continue to play with a bit of uncertainty over their heads.

Following this exciting news for Juventus, they have now climbed up the table up to second.