Prosecutors in Milan, Italy, raided the headquarters office of Inter Milan on Tuesday, the reason being that Inter Milan was suspected of making fraudulent accounts in player transfers during 2017-19. Subsequently, the Inter official responded that this is only a preliminary investigation, and no employees have been formally charged.
The Deputy Prosecutor of the Milan Financial Police Department Maurizio Romanelli said: “As part of the prosecutor’s investigation, the Milan Financial Police Department investigated some documents in the office of Inter Milan’s headquarters.” Prosecutor Riccardo Tal Gotti added: “The ongoing investigation is aimed at obtaining documents related to the transfer of some of the players of Inter Milan in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 fiscal years, in order to verify the nature of financial accounting and related capital gains.”
According to the Italian media “Football Finance”, in these two seasons, Inter Milan has obtained approximately 90 million euros in revenue through the transfer of substitute players and youth team players. Among them, in the 2017-18 season, Inter Milan sold 15 players and received 49.7 million euros in revenue. In the 2018-19 season, Inter Milan sold 8 players for a profit of 40.1 million euros. At the same time in these two seasons, Inter Milan also introduced a lot of strong support, of which Eriksson, Varela, Lautaro and others are the important players that Inter Milan won the Serie A championship last season.
After receiving the prosecutor’s investigation and evidence collection, Inter Milan issued an official statement to clarify this: “Inter Milan confirmed that it has provided relevant departments with relevant documents regarding certain player transactions in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons. Milan Prosecutor’s Office Received a request to verify the regular accounting of relevant capital gains. The club’s financial report is compiled in accordance with the strictest accounting rules. At present, no Inter Milan employee is under investigation and no formal allegations. As the prosecutor said in the previous statement, this is just Preliminary investigation.”
It is worth mentioning that the Italian prosecutors are currently conducting targeted investigations into financial fraud incidents in the football world. In addition to Inter Milan, Juventus, Naples, Atlanta, Sampdoria, Genoa, these Serie A clubs have also been investigated.Return to Sohu to see more
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