Prosecutor: Send Juve down

Following the developments of Tuesday morning surrounding the match fixing scandal and the possibilty that Juventus might be demoted to Serie C, coach Fabio Capello has resigned from his position as Juventus boss.

Juventus made no further statement.

Capello's departure seems to confirm rumours from Madrid, where newly elected president Ramon Calderon made it clear Capello would be Real Madrid's coach next season.

Furthermore, if Capello was to leave the Old Lady, the position would be vacant for former bianconeri Didier Deschamps to claim, as rumours have linked the 1998 world champion with the Italian giants.

After weeks of speculation surrounding the fate of Italy's top clubs, prosecutor Stefano Palazzi has made public his intentions regarding the clubs under investigation.

The Old Lady faces the harshest punishments out of the four main clubs involved in the trial.

Palazzi has requested Juve be demoted to Serie C AND suffer a penalty of -6points in the process, making it even harder for Fabio Capello's men to return to the top flight within a couple of years. That is, of course, if Capello remains at the club...

Such a punishment would lead to a massive outward migration of players as one can't see such players as Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Gianluigi Buffon playing in the country's third division.

Both teams face the same sentence: a demotion to Serie B and a flabbergasting -15 points penalty.

If the sentence was carried out, the two sides would probably loan out their best assets for a year and call them back after they regain Serie A status.

However such a task seems extremely difficult, as they would have to win almost all of their games to makes sure they finish the season with at least 15 points more than the team who finish top.

Without their best players, such a scenario could lead to the downfall of two of the most prestigious institutions of Italian football.

Lazio and Fiorentina chairmen Claudio Lotito and Franco Carraro both face a 4-year ban.

The Rossoneri face the lightest punishment out of the four teams. Palazzi has requested a demotion to Serie B and a lineant -3 points penalty for the 16-time Italian champions.

Meanwhile, chairman Adriano Galliani faces a 2-year ban.