Napoli lawyer Mattia Grassani has assured fans that the investigation of President Aurelio De Laurentiis over the Victor Osimhen transfer with LOSC is “non-news”.
It was announced on Tuesday De Laurentiis and therefore Napoli were under investigation in Rome for false accounting regarding the deal in 2020.
This transfer has long aroused suspicion in Italy and France as it was valued at €71.2 million, but €20.1 million of that was made up of four players in exchange, who went on to either barely or never played for Lille.
It was therefore investigated over the potential that their transfer fees were artificially inflated to boost capital gains.
“Aside from the technicalities, we want to inform the fans what is happening and reassure them,” Napoli lawyer Grassani told Radio CRC.
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“Napoli have already been judged on this matter with two different levels of the justice system that cleared the club and directors, finding no irregularities.
“Napoli is the only club where the Prosecutor did not ask for the judgment to be revoked, which then lead to Juventus having first a 15-point and then 10-point Serie A penalty.
“Consequently, if there is no new evidence in this investigation, the Osimhen issue can be considered concluded on a disciplinary level.”
Grassani explained that the only reason the investigation had moved from Naples to Rome was due to territorial competence, because false accounting would be done by the Filmauro group.
This is the holding company for De Laurentiis that runs Napoli and also Serie B side Bari, and their headquarters are in Rome.
Grassani said: “It was an inevitable move, which is why for me this is non-news.
“The investigation was transferred over territorial competence, not because of any new evidence.”
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