Italian federation probing reported suspect transfers
Updated On: 28 October, 2021 11:46 AM IST | Milan | AFP
The operations are suspected of being carried out with the aim of inflating the value of certain players for accounting purposes, or using player exchanges to help balance the books. Italian media claim that the vast majority of transfers contained in COVISOC’s report involve Juventus.
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The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) has opened an investigation into a series of suspicious transfers, according to Italian media reports on Wednesday.
Dailies La Repubblica and Il Tempo report that Serie A’s supervisory commission COVISOC has sent to FIGC president Gabriele Gravina and the body’s lead prosecutor Giuseppe Chine a report on 62 transfers over 2019-2021.
The operations are suspected of being carried out with the aim of inflating the value of certain players for accounting purposes, or using player exchanges to help balance the books. Italian media claim that the vast majority of transfers contained in COVISOC’s report involve Juventus.
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