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MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s football association (FIGC) has finished an investigation into Juventus over alleged irregularities in their payments to players, the Serie A club said on Wednesday. <\/p>\n

Juventus, who have already been hit with a 15-point Serie A deduction this season in a separate case over players’ transfers, could face further sporting penalties if found guilty. <\/p>\n

FIGC prosecutors allege that Italy’s most successful team agreed to pay players back most of their COVID-19 related wage cuts without properly accounting for it.<\/p>\n

Juventus will now have access to the FIGC prosecutor’s documents and have 15 days to file their own documents or request to be interviewed. <\/p>\n

Prosecutors will then decide whether the club should face a sports tribunal. <\/p>\n

Juventus said in a statement they had “correctly applied the relevant international accounting standards”. <\/p>\n

The club could face penalties including a further points deduction. It is not clear if any potential new penalty would affect the club in current Serie A season or the next one.<\/p>\n

In January they were docked 15 points for the current season by an Italian soccer court investigating the club’s transfer dealings and finances.<\/p>\n

The court also imposed bans on a number of the club’s officials, preventing them from holding office in Italian soccer.<\/p>\n

Juventus have appealed against that ruling to Italy’s Sports Guarantee Board.<\/p>\n

Inquiries by sport authorities were triggered by investigations by criminal prosecutors in Turin, where the club is based, in a case regarding alleged false accounting. <\/p>\n

A criminal court hearing to decide whether to order a trial for former chairman Andrea Agnelli, 11 other people and the club itself started last month.<\/p>\n

Juventus have denied wrongdoing and said their accounting is in line with industry standards, <\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Giulio Piovaccari and Elvira Pollina, editing by Gavin Jones and Toby Davis)<\/p>\n

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