An indictment request is ready to be
issued for former Juventus president Andrea Agnelli and almost
all the others implicated in a probe into the Turin giant's
accounts, judicial source said Wednesday.
Agnelli and the Juve board all quit in connection with the probe
on Monday.
The prosecutor's office in Turin has prepared the request for
indictment, the sources said.
The measure concerns Agnelli and almost all the other people who
in recent weeks had received notice of the closure of
investigations against them.
The position of some of them has been eliminated in view of a
probable request to shelve the case.
Italian Soccer Federation (FIGC) President Gabriele Gravina on
Wednesday warned against "lynching" Juventus after the Agnelli
quit as chairman this week along with the rest of the board due
to problems regarding the Turin giants' accounts. Prosecutors in
the northern Italian city are investigating allegations that the
club presented false information to investors about its accounts
in recent years.
The accounts of the club, a listed company, have also come under
the scrutiny of Italian stock-market regulator Consob.
On Tuesday the FIGC opened a sporting probe into the case.
"If we want lynching in the street, that's no problem, but we
should calm down because I fear that this issue may regard other
subjects too," Gravina said on the sidelines of the 'Calcio &
Welfare' conference in Naples.
"I have to stress, out of seriousness and intellectual honesty,
that the soccer world is going through moments of tension all
over Europe and the world, not just in Italy.
"And I don't like the idea of punishing some entities, in this
specific case Juventus, before a trial has been held.
"We don't declare subjects guilty and punish them before the
investigations".
Gravina also criticized Spain's LaLiga for calling on UEFA to
punish Juventus.
"We are in close contact with UEFA. I see there have been some
gratuitous attacks by those who should focus on getting their
own houses in order," he said.
"I think they are quite out of place".
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