2023-10-11 20:06:33
The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) opened an investigation in August to determine whether Juventus player Nicolo Fagioli made sports bets, it told AFP, confirming information from the Italian press on Wednesday. Juve’s great hope, Fagioli, 22 years old and selected once for the Italian team, is suspected of having used several different profiles to make bets on clandestine platforms.
If the violation of article 24 of the FIGC sports justice code, which prohibits a professional player from betting on football, is proven, he is liable to a three-year suspension and a fine of 25 000 euros.
Contacted by AFP, Juventus did not wish to comment. Fagioli has played six games this season for Juve and given one assist. Despite disappointing collective results, the native of Plaisance really blossomed during the last financial year, playing 37 matches in all competitions (3 goals, 5 assists). He played a match with the Nazionale in Albania in November 2022, but has not yet been called up by new coach Luciano Spalletti.
Juve already weighed down by the Pogba affair
Juventus has already experienced a 2022-23 season polluted by extra-sporting affairs, in particular an accounting fraud scandal which earned it a deduction of seven points in the Italian championship standings.
The Piedmontese club is also deprived of French international Paul Pogba, suspended since September 11 after having a positive doping test for testosterone, confirmed by the second opinion requested by the player. Pogba, 30, faces a four-year suspension, which could be reduced to two years if non-intentionality is proven.
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