FFP: La Liga Call for Juventus’ Sanction
FFP: La Liga
Call for Juventus’ Sanction
By Olusola Hammed
Following series of allegations of
financial impropriety that has led to mass resignation of the whole Board of Directors
of Italian Serie A side, Juventus, the Spanish La Liga has petitioned the European
soccer governing body UEFA to sanction the Turing club for breaching the
financial fair play rule. The Spanish
league had already filed an official complaint against the Juventus club to
UEFA in April 2022 for capital gains and wages
The Juve storm is making the whole
world talk. And there are those who are calling for immediate action. This
morning LaLiga, the league of the Spanish top division, issued a very harsh
statement in which it calls for urgent sporting sanctions for the Juventus
club.
THE ATTACK
Italian newspaper Gazzetta Dello Sport reports that: "Following the resignation of the Juventus board of directors, LaLiga is calling for the immediate application of sporting sanctions against the club." Then it is underlined: "LaLiga has already filed an official complaint against Juventus t
o UEFA in April 2022, in which it reported violations of the rules on financial fair play which the Italian Guardia di Finanza is investigating. In particular, the accusation of having accounted for transfers above their fair value and underestimated employee expenses, in breach of UEFA's financial fair play. Furthermore, the complaint accused Juventus of concealing the true cost of its players' wages." Then the lunge: "Last Monday, in the same note issued by the Board of Directors, the representatives of Juve acknowledged very serious accounting irregularities, also aimed at deceiving the UEFA authorities for financial fair play, among other things. LaLiga, with the goal of promoting financially sustainable football in Europe, supports these allegations against Juventus and calls for the competent authorities to apply immediate sporting sanctions against the club."


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