Juve, Fagioli agrees to a seven-month deal: here's why

Nicolò Fagioli's plea deal for the betting case will lead the Juventus midfielder to stay away from the pitch for seven months .

The disqualification will start immediately and, in fact, will make him miss this season, without however compromising the next one. In fact, Fagioli will be able to return in June , in time to regularly begin preparation for the next season.

Fagioli, what led to the discounted sentence

What led to this strong sentence reduction? First of all, having reached a plea agreement before the referral which leads to halving the disqualification under the code. Then the self-declaration . Fagioli immediately collaborated with the Federal Prosecutor's Office, clarifying his position and collaborating with the facts in the investigation and it was made clear that Fagioli never bet on Juventus matches , nor altered them in any way.

Fagioli face of prevention

Finally, a further penalty discount has been applied because Fagioli will lend himself to awareness campaigns on the problem of betting, speaking to young footballers. In short, the FIGC wanted to exploit Fagioli's collaboration also to prevent the scourge of gambling.