The Digest:
Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis and CEO Andrea Chiavelli will stand trial for alleged false accounting in Victor Osimhen's €70 million move from Lille, following leaked messages revealing a scheme involving artificially inflated player valuations. Rooted in the Storm.
Key Points:
- Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis and a club CEO face trial for false accounting.
- The case involves Victor Osimhen's €70 million transfer from Lille in 2020.
- Leaked WhatsApp chats show a plan to inflate fees for other players to hide the deal's true structure.
- A 35-year-old goalkeeper was falsely valued at €35 million as part of the arrangement.
- Lille's general manager warned the deal was "strange" and posed significant risks.
- Osimhen stated he was unaware of the details, grieving his father's death at the time.
- The players included in the deal never played for Lille and were later released.
