Napoli are now set to be investigated for the transfer that brought Victor Osimhen from Lille to the Partenopei, with reports stating that the full investigation could last as many as six months.
Sky Italia have now added more details around the investigation and why it is taking place. Their report claims that the Osimhen transfer is not the only Napoli move which is being investigated but four other transfers are also under the scanner currently.
From an investigation launched by the French JIRS Prosecutorโs Office (Juridiction Interrรฉgionale Spรฉcialisรฉe โ Specialized Interregional Jurisdiction) following aย ย complaint against unknownย persons made in October 2021 by theย new owners of Lille which, a review of the financial statements noticed financial irregularities and reported that to the French authorities.
Osimhenโs actual price was โฌ71.246 million plus โฌ10 million bonuses. The payment was to made across five years and as part of the move, the following players had moved to Lille to make up for the finances:
- Orestis Karnezis: โฌ4.8 million
- Ciro Palmieri:ย โฌ7 million
- Claudio Manzi:ย โฌ4 million
- Luigi Liguori:ย โฌ4 million
The investigation has been going on since last summer when 5 warrant notices were served for:
- False accounting against president of the board of directors at Napoli,ย Aurelio De Laurentiis, his son Edoardo De Laurentiis and Aurelioโs wife Jacqueline Baudit, the latter two as vice presidents of the board.
- Andrea Chiavelli was accused of false accounting, as managing director of the board of directors of the Napoli.
- The same crime, false accounting, is also charged by the investigators againstย ย Valentina De Laurentiis , daughter of Aurelio, as managing director of the board of directors of the Partenopei.
- Finally, for the crime of fraudulent declaration, only the chairman Aurelio de Laurentiisย is under investigation (as legal representative of the company)
Initially, the matter was already dealt with during the first capital gains investigation and no offences were found, as the Partenopei were acquitted. In the ongoing investigation, the major difference between Juventusโ investigation and Napoliโs investigation is that there are no tapped audio calls or phone recordings to concretely verify that false accounting was done.
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Kaustubh Pandey| GIFN
