Roma ‘avoid serious sporting sanctions – including a European ban – but are fined £4.3m’ after the Serie A side ‘failed to hit their £24m capital gains target required by UEFA’
- Roma were required by UEFA to reach a target of £24m made in capital gains
- It’s said though that the Giallorossi fell less than £2m short of their target
- The club though have avoided more severe punishments from UEFA
Roma have reportedly been fined for failing to reach a capital gains target required by UEFA – though they have avoided more severe sporting sanctions.
Italian publication CalcioMercato.com have claimed that Jose Mourinho’s side were unable to hit the £24m mark in capital gains by the deadline of June 30.
It’s said that the Giallorossi fell less than £2m short of their target, so will have to pay a £4.3m penalty to UEFA.
Roma were able to avoid a more severe punishment – such as a reduction to their European squad list or even expulsion from competition – as it was deemed they were close enough to the target.
The Italian publication claim that they made around £22.3m in net capital gains in the financial year ending June 30.
Roma have received a fine worth £4.3m but avoided further sporting sanctions by UEFA
The fine relates to the Italian club failing to make their capital gains target required by UEFA
They fell short of the target despite the sales of players including Justin Kluivert (pictured)
That figure relates to the profit made in sales of Bournemouth’s Justin Kluivert, Benjamin Tahirovic, Cristian Volpato, Filippo Missori, Ruben Providence, Carles Perez and add-ons linked to Nicolo Zaniolo.
Despite the club reportedly receiving offers for Tottenham target Roger Ibanez and Nicola Zalewski in recent days, the club decided to pay the fine rather than rushing through a sale for those players.
It follows the crisis at Juventus where the Italian giants were accused of falsification of capital gains from their transfer dealings.
Juventus were hit with a 10-point deduction after having their previous punishment reinstated following a verdict handed down by the Italian Federal Court of Appeal.
They initially saw the decision to deduct them 15 points reversed earlier in the season.
Juventus’ entire board of directors resigned from their positions last November, including president Andrea Agnelli and vice president Pavel Nedved amid charges of false accounting.
They finished seventh in the standings, just one point behind Roma.
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