Juventus points deduction finally confirmed

Juventus have settled their dispute with the Italian Football Federation, accepting a 10-point deduction for irregularities in the club's accounting.

The Turin club were initially docked 15 points in January but after Italy's highest sporting court reversed the decision in April, the national federation (FIGC) last week issued a new sanction after the case was revised.

Found guilty of artificially inflating the value of players in their accounts using capital gains, Juventus dropped to seventh in Serie A and will definitely miss out on next season's Champions League.

While Juventus said in a statement about "the correctness of their actions and the soundness of their defensive arguments", they announced the "settlement of all open FIGC sporting proceedings".

The statement continued: "(This) allows (Juventus) to achieve a definite result, settling the matter and overcoming the state of tension and instability that would inevitably descend from the continuation of disputes whose outcomes and timing would remain uncertain.

"This also allows the management, the coach of the first team and the players to focus on sporting activities and in particular on the overall planning of the next season (with regard to sporting activities and to business relationships with sponsors, other commercial and financial counterparts)."

Last month, the appeal court, while upholding the charges against the club, acquitted officials Pavel Nedved, Paolo Garimberti, Assia Grazioli Venier, Caitlin Mary Hughes, Daniela Marilungo, Francesco Roncaglio and Enrico Vellano of wrongdoing.