December 22 – The ongoing investigation into financial fraud in the Italian game has now enveloped reigning champions Inter Milan whose offices were raided on Tuesday with Italian law enforcement saying they had seized various documents.
Inter said the documents requested from them were related to the sale of players in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons. “The request was made by the Milan Public Prosecutor’s Office to verify that the relevant capital gains were correctly recorded in the accounts,” said Inter Milan in a statement. “The club’s financial statements have been drawn up in compliance with the most rigorous accounting principles.
“No Inter employee is being investigated. No charges have been made. As the statement released by the Public Prosecutor’s Office says, these are preliminary investigations.”
Last month, investigators visited the offices of Juventus. Six Juve officials as well as the club itself have been under investigation, including president Andrea Agnelli and vice-president Pavel Nedved.
The probe centres on inflated transfer valuations, allowing players to move from one club to another for officially far more than they are worth.
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