(ANSA) – ROME, NOV 30 – Italian Soccer Federation (FIGC) President Gabriele Gravina on Wednesday warned against “lynching” Juventus after the Andrea 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 the 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 concern 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”. (ANSA).
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