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Foot OM – OM: Longoria and Marseille wet by Juventus?

In addition to a loss to Atalanta on Saturday, Juventus also received a visit from the financial brigade on Thursday night regarding questionable transactions. And in particular a deal with Olympique de Marseille.

During the last winter transfer window, Olympique de Marseille and Juventus had sealed an operation which at the time had surprised a lot of people. Indeed, Marley Aké had signed with the Old Lady for 8 million euros, while Franco Tongyo left the Turin club to join the Commandery for a similar financial cost. Since then, even if the transaction was surprising, the two players stood out with the B teams of both clubs, Marley Ake being especially highlighted on social networks after an incredible amazing physical transformation, this being attributed to the work done in the weight room. by footballers in Italy. However, it was an extra-sporting event that brought this operation back to the forefront in Italy. Indeed, Thursday evening, the financial brigade was invited to the offices of Juventus to search the Agnelli family club, and the investigators left with many documents. After the defeat against Atalanta, Juventus communicated confirming this descent from the authorities, but denying having committed financial crimes.

According to the Italian press, if the financial brigade is interested in the operations of the last three years, and in particular the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo for 100 million euros from Real Madrid, and then his sale for 15 million euros to Manchester United this summer, the deal with Olympique de Marseille is at the top of the pile. According to justice, it is clear that it is about ” mirror transactions “Without real financial movement, but who have” an immediate positive effect on the accounts “, But above all the valuation of Marley Ake and Franco Tongyo at 8 million euros is not at all up to the real value of the two players and that this deal is” finally fictitious “. In order to find out more, the Italian investigators could therefore ask their French counterparts to knock on the door of Pablo Longoria in order to have his explanations on this operation, the current president of Olympique de Marseille, who does not was not at the time of signing, being obviously the basis of this transaction, he who worked for Juventus between 2015 and 2018.

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