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28 September 2023 - 4:30 AM

Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has been placed under investigation by the Rome public prosecutor's office on suspicion of false accounting in relation to capital gains from player transfers, Italian media have reported.

The investigation is related to Napoli's €76.4 million signing of Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen from Lille in July 2020. As part of the deal, the Italian club sold four players to the French side for €20.1 million: goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis and academy pl

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