Juventus are working on a deal with UEFA that would see them give up the chance to play in the Conference League in exchange for any potential FFP charges to be dropped. The Bianconeri agreed a plea deal with the FIGC earlier this month that saw them give up their right to appeal against a 10-point penalty for alleged capital gains and salary maneuvers.
Despite reaching the agreement, rumours continued to circulate that UEFA would be doling out their own punishment to the Bianconeri for allegedly breaking Financial Fair Play rules by paying players under the table during the COIVD pandemic.
Tuttosport report that Juve are now working on a deal with European football’s governing body that would require them to give up playing in the Conference League next season, in exchange for any potential FFP charges being dropped. The newspaper write:
“What is certain, however, is that Juventus who are on one side and President Ceferin who is on the other, are negotiating around a table. A sort of plea bargain, yes. In fact, a delegation composed of lawyers and executives from Turin traveled to Nyon to work on an agreement that could send to the archives once and for all the file opened by the European body last December for “potential violations of club licensing and financial fair play rules.””
“Discussions are ongoing. On the plate, in exchange for the removal of the position, precisely the voluntary renunciation of the upcoming Conference League, so as to serve a kind of “ban” of a year from Uefa competitions. Penance, in the face of the possibility of zeroing out open fronts with justice even in Europe, would be welcomed, all things considered, at Continassa.”
Last night, around 8 p.m., the screen dedicated to the clubs qualified for the next Conference League was published on UEFA’s website, and among them Juventus was not included. After about two hours, however, following the fuore sparked on social media, Juventus’ logo appeared along with those of the other teams. UEFA explained that it was a human error. Tuttosport calls it a “curious coincidence, to say the least, that it affected, among the 135 qualified for the next edition of the competition, precisely and only Juventus .”
