Udinese deferred to disciplinary commission over Mandragora transfer from Juventus

Udinese have been formally deferred to the FIGC tribunal over alleged inflated transfer fees around Rolando Mandragora following deals with Juventus.

The Friulani had already expressed ‘surprise’ that the authorities requested the indictment, which was formally handed down today.

Udinese, then-directors Stefano Campoccia and Franco Collavino have been deferred to the Federal National Tribunal.

“Campoccia and Collavino were deferred because in July 2018 for the sale of Rolando Mandragora from Juventus to Udinese, they had agreed terms that were different to the ones in the deposited contracts (from an option to buy for €26m into an obligation to buy that indeed happened in October 2020 for €10 million and 700,000), therefore avoiding the federal rules.

“All of this was aimed at giving Udinese accounting and fiscal benefits for the financial years ending June 30 of 2019, 2020 and 2021.”

Mandragora was officially sold to Udinese by Juventus for €20m in the summer of 2018, then sold back to the Turin giants for €15m in October 2020, but remained on loan at the Stadio Friuli until January 2021.

The accusation is that the Friulani created a falsified ‘profit’ of €3.11m by having an option to buy written into the agreement, when it was instead an ‘irrevocable obligation.’

Mandragora moved to Fiorentina for €8m plus add-ons in 2022 and still plays for the Viola.

Udinese pointed out that the exact same accusations against them were dismissed by the Bologna preliminary hearing judge during the civil investigation.