ROME :A judge on Monday accepted a plea bargain request by former Juventus executives, including ex-chairman Andrea Agnelli, to settle a false accounting case relating to their time with Italy's most successful soccer club.

Rome court judge Anna Maria Gavoni accepted a plea bargain of one year and eight months for Agnelli, and one year and two months for ex-vice chairman and Ballon d'Or winner Pavel Nedved.

The agreed prison sentences have been suspended and will not be served. Under Italian law, such plea bargaining does not involve an admission of guilt.

The judge also imposed a fine of 156,000 euros ($184,000) on Juventus.

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