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Former Juventus president Andrea Agnelli has been banned from football for another 16 months after being accused of fraud over the way he handled player pay cuts during the coronavirus pandemic.
It adds to a two-year ban already imposed on Agnelli for a fraudulent accounting case.
The Italian Football Federation also fined Agnelli 60,000 euros ($65,000) on Monday after finding him responsible for irregularities in relations with players’ agents and partnerships with other clubs.
Juventus and seven former Juventus managers agreed to a deal with the federation in May over the salary issue, while Agnelli was the only figure in the case who decided to rule.
At the start of the pandemic, Juventus said 23 players had agreed to take a four-month pay cut to help the club through the crisis. But the plaintiffs claim the players gave up only one month’s salary.
Juventus, who lost 10 points last season to false accounting in a separate legal case, risked deducting more points.
Agnelli and Juventus denied any wrongdoing. He and the entire Juventus board resigned in November following an investigation into fraudulent accounting by Turin prosecutors.
It’s building into a busy week with legal issues for Agnelli, whose final appeal of the two-year ban stemming from the false accounting case is set to be heard on Tuesday.
Also, UEFA is expected to decide soon if Juventus should be excluded from the Conference League next season due to its legal problems.
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