Nineteen-time Italian football champion Inter Milan suspected of financial fraud.
According to Gazetta dello Sport, the Milan club is accused of deliberately inflating revenues during 2017-2019. On December 21, the Italian financial guard raided the Nerazzurri office and seized a number of documents.
It is noted that " About ten transfers were under suspicion, through which the club allegedly inflated the amount of income in the reporting.
The Milanese have already responded to the accusations by disowning any violations related to the club's financial activities..
Inter confirm that they have provided the necessary documentation for the departure of individual players in the 2017/18 and 2018/19 seasons. The request came from the Milan prosecutor's office to check the regular accounting of the corresponding capital gains.
The club's financial statements are prepared in accordance with the strictest accounting principles. No Inter member is under investigation. As stated in the message of the prosecutor's office, this is only a preliminary investigation, "
Note that not only Inter is under suspicion. Earlier, law enforcement agencies were interested in the financial statements of Juventus, Atalanta, Genoa, Napoli and Sampdoria.
The Bianconeri office was also searched and documents were seized.
It was reported that the Turin club could be expelled from Serie A and deprived of the last championship titles due to false financial statements.
After 18 rounds, Inter lead Serie A, 4 points ahead of Napoli and Milan.
In the last match in 2021, Simone Inzaghi's charges will host Torino. The fight will take place today, December 22, the beginning of the meeting - at 19:30 Kiev time.
Inter is the reigning champion of Italy. Last season, the Milanese broke Juventus' nine-year hegemony by winning the Scudetto for the 19th time in their history..