Prosecutors included the businessman and the sports society in the registry of suspects for a crime of false accounting in the transfer of Osimhen last September
The president of Naples, Aurelio de Laurentiiscould go to trial for a crime of false accounting, after the Rome Prosecutor’s Office closed this Friday the investigations into the signing of the Nigerian Victor Osimhen for the Italian club from French side Lille in 2020.
Prosecutors included the businessman and the sports society in the registry of suspects for a crime of false accounting in the transfer of Osimhen last September.
The purchase and sale operation of Osimhen it cost him Napoli just over 71 million euros, the largest investment in its history, which the club agreed to pay in 5 years, although it only paid 50 million euros and included in the agreement the transfer of 4 young players valued at just over 21 millions of euros.
As happened with the case of Juventus Turin, the investigations allude to possible “fictitious capital gains” to inflate the market price of those 4 players, who were not worth what was established, and thus save in the financial years of the year and in the taxes.
In fact, the young footballers never played for Lille and ended up in Italian third division teams or similar.
The Prosecutor’s Office has closed the investigations, after five months, and must now decide whether to send to trial Of Lawrencewho has to prepare his defense with his lawyers to avoid the possible trial, which local media take almost for granted due to the long duration of the investigations and the crime of which he could be accused.
The closure of the investigation was also notified to the other suspects, including other club directors, such as his wife, his two children and some members of the board of directors, all of whom were active at the time of the signing.
Of Lawrence He will go to the Rome Prosecutor’s Office in the coming days to testify.