Italy prosecutors: new ‘house search’ at Juventus | Football

sport">The club of Matthijs de Ligt is said to have messed with the transfer values ​​of players between 2019 and 2021 in order to get the balance in order financially.

sport">The listed Juventus, which lost 3.4 percent in market value on Friday, would not only have deliberately scaled the transfer value of certain players higher in recent years, but also issued invoices for non-existent transactions. According to the judiciary, it concerns a total of about 50 million euros in suspicious money movements.

sport">Last week Juventus received a visit from investigative services. The club’s offices in Turin and Milan were searched by order of the judiciary. Chairman Andrea Agnelli, vice-chairman Pavel Nedved and former technical director Fabio Paratici, now employed by Tottenham Hotspur, are the suspects in the case. Juventus has indicated that it is cooperating with the investigation.

sport">The club received an amount of around 23 million euros for the 36-year-old Portuguese attacker and that amount can rise to 31 million euros with bonuses. Three years ago, Juventus took over Ronaldo from Real Madrid. The Italian club had set its sights on European success, but that did not happen with the Portuguese in the team.

sport">Earlier this year, the Italian Football Association started an investigation into dozens of transfers in the Serie A. In total, this concerns 62 transfers in the period between 2019 and 2021. The largest transfer being investigated is that of Victor Osimhen, who left the French club last year. OSC Lille moved to Napoli.

sport">In Italy, barter transactions have been the subject of discussion for some time. When exchanging players, it is difficult to establish a precise market value and clubs would take advantage of that. According to Italian media, Covisoc, the regulator of Serie A clubs, has sent a detailed report to the prosecutor and Gabriele Gravina, the president of the Italian Football Association.

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