Mueez Ajao
– Juventus’ 15-point penalty over transfer dealings has been reversed.
– Italy’s highest sporting court says the case should be re-examined after Juve were accused of fixing balance sheets by artificial gains from transfers.
– The lifting of the points deduction means Juventus move up from seventh to third in the Serie A table.
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– Rather than Juve being cleared, the case will now return to the Italian Football Federation appeals court, the body which gave the initial punishment.
– As a result of the decision, with eight games to go in the season, AC Milan are knocked out of the Champions League places while Roma drop to fourth.
– Tottenham managing director of football Fabio Paratici lost his appeal against a 30-month ban as part of the same proceedings.
– The former Juve sporting director was one of 11 directors at the club, either former or still in place at the time of the ruling, who were sanctioned.
– Paratici, former president Andrea Agnelli, former chief executive Maurizio Arrivabene and sports director Federico Cherubini had their appeals rejected.
– Former player and director Pavel Nedved, Paolo Garimberti and Enrico Vellano were successful with their appeals.
