Napoli is the latest club whose transfer activity is under scrutiny as its signing for Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen is now being investigated.
This comes after Juventus were stripped of 15 points for using capital gains to gain an advantage over rivals after inflating player values.
Napoli reportedly paid Lille around €70m for Osimhen, but €20m of that fee was based on the values of a number of players Partenopei added to the deal.
The Nigerian could see off the Napoli team to win the league title this season and has been an excellent contributor to their efforts in recent seasons.
Some Partenopei fans are concerned their club could be in a similar trouble to Juve, but Aurelio De Laurentiis’s criminal lawyer insists the cases are not similar.
Fabio Fulgeri said via Football Italia:
“I don’t think the Osimhen case can be compared to the Juventus case, Napoli did not do business with Juventus so they are not involved. If no new items emerge, everything should end well.
“An extension has been requested to study the acquired material, the necessary time is taken to judge the acquired documents.
“I can’t even know what the checks are about, the investigations are secret, but the outlook is that the deal was done fairly without falsifying balance sheets.”
Juve FC says
Now that Juve have been punished for capital gains, most Serie A clubs will be concerned because the Bianconeri are certainly not the only club involved in this.
If Napoli had used him in the Osimhen transfer, they should be punished as Juve have been.
