On January 20, the federal court of justice shocked the Italian peninsula by granting Juventus a 15-point deduction as sporting punishment after the reopening of the capital gains lawsuit.
The controversial ruling claimed that the Bianconeri excessively and systematically recorded capital gains by inflating the transfer market values of various players.
For his part, the former sports director of Juventus, Luciano Moggi, maintains that all the other clubs resort to capital gains to stabilize their balance sheets.
In fact, the 85-year-old believes that half the clubs in Serie A would have gone bankrupt if it weren’t for his particular financial manoeuvre.
Therefore, he feels that it is a great injustice to punish only once for a ploy that is also adopted by everyone else.
“Everyone makes capital gains which is not an illegal practice in itself, but the only club sanctioned was Juventus. It seems that something is wrong,” Moggi said in an interview with adnkronos via ilBianconero.
“There is no doubt that Juve have made a mistake, especially since they are listed on the stock market, which puts them under great scrutiny. But in Serie A, at least 10 clubs would have gone bankrupt without capital gains.
“However, Juventus would have survived without him, because they have the economic power of EXOR behind them.”
The former manager of Napoli and Juventus had his own personal saga with Italian justice. He remains banned for life from all sporting activities following the Calciopoli scandal that erupted in 2006.
