Former Juventus transfer guru Luciano Moggi has summoned 498 witnesses in the court proceedings involving the football match fixing scandal.
In 2006 a match fixing scandal rocked Italian football like never before, with Juventus, Milan, Lazio and Fiorentina amongst the clubs involved in the unethical and illegal actions, with the Bianconeri being relegated to Serie B as a result.
One of the men at the centre of the scandal known as Calciopoli was former Juventus sports director, Luciano Moggi.
Last week he escaped immediate jail time and was given a suspended 18 month prison sentence for his role in the scandal.
On January 20 in Naples, the football scandal court case begins and the controversial and outspoken Moggi has called 498 possible witnesses to the stand.
The ex-director and his lawyer Paolo Trofino have called up various important people, with current Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi amongst them. Moggi has gone all out, including virtually all of the presidents of the Serie A clubs playing in the top flight during the 2004/05 and 2005/06 seasons, along with various other federal and sports officials.
The public prosecutor in response has summoned 108 witnesses, including the Head of the Police, Attilio Auricchio, coaches such as Carlo Ancelotti, Roberto Mancini, Carlo Mazzone and Zdenek Zeman, as well as Adriano Galliani amongst others.
The case will attempt to determine whether there really was a system in place which allowed Juventus to have advantageous path to victory through the corruption of referees and their assistants.