A complaint was filed for organized gang scam. The main LFP figures, including Vincent Labrune and Nasser al-Khelaïfi, are targeted.
While the problem of TV rights threatens the balance of French football already destabilized by an unprecedented governance crisis, now the professional football league has to face heavy and serious accusations.
According to the daily Ouest-France, the association “AC! Anti -corruption ”filed a complaint on Friday with the
National parquet financial financial on the basis of nine accusation chiefs: “Band’s scam organized by a person responsible for a public service mission”; “Association of criminals in organized gang”; “Extensions aggravated under the effect of an illicit constraint”; “Illegal taking of interests”; “Large money aggravated in organized gang”; “Tax evasion”; “Breed of confidence in organized gang and embezzlement of public funds in organized gang”; “Violation of sports law”.
Through these accusation chiefs are targeted particularly nine influential personalities from French football: the boss of the LFP Vincent Labrune and the club presidents – past or current – who are most dedicated to him. Namely Nasser Al-Khelaïfi (PSG), Jean-Pierre Caillot (Reims), Olivier Sadran (ex-Toulouse), Waldemar Kita (Nantes), Laurent Nicollin (Montpellier), Bernard Caïazzo (ex-Saint-Étienne), Loïc Féry (Lorient) or Jean-Pierre Rivère (Nice).
LFP: Qatari entities favored?
“” A vast scam aimed at diverting the resources of French football would have been organized for the benefit of foreign private interests, in this case and mainly Qatarisunderlines the complaint thus relayed by the regional media aroused. An analysis of economic, financial interactions between the defendants, Qatar and the football club managers was carried out. It is the subject of various paragraphs using their titles the justification of the incriminations. “”
As for the most imposing figure on the list-Nasser Al-Khelaïfi-AC! Anticorruption denounces “ Manipulation of television rights, promoting beIN SPORTS and Qatari entities as Visit Qatar, to the detriment of clubs ». Vincent Labrune’s bonuses and wages as well as the acquisition of the headquarters of the LFP Boulevard de Courcelles in Paris, for 127 million euros, being in the collimator of the association as well.
