Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has been formally despatched to trial by the Rome preliminary hearings decide (GUP) on prices of false accounting linked to the membership’s monetary statements for the 2019, 2020 and 2021 seasons. Additionally despatched to trial are his long-time affiliate Andrea Chiavelli and the membership itself.
The case centres on alleged inflated capital beneficial properties (plusvalenze) linked to 2 main transfers: the 2019 signing of Kostas Manolas from Roma, and the 2020 deal that introduced Victor Osimhen to Naples from Lille, in accordance with the .
Within the Manolas operation, Napoli included midfielder as a part of the alternate. A yr later, the Osimhen switch concerned goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis and three Primavera gamers, Manzi, Palmieri and Liguori, whose valuations, in accordance with prosecutors, have been artificially inflated to enhance Napoli’s monetary place.
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The trial is scheduled to start on 2 December 2026.
No penalties for Napoli as De Laurentiis faces trial
Importantly, Napoli don’t face any sporting sanctions. FIGC prosecutor Giuseppe Chinè reviewed the matter in 2022 and closed the sporting investigation, which means the membership’s league standing and factors whole are unaffected.
Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis arrives for the screening of the movie “Freaks Out” offered in competitors on September 8, 2021 through the 78th Venice Movie Pageant at Venice Lido. (Photograph by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP) (Photograph by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP through Getty Pictures)
De Laurentiis’ authorized group expressed sturdy criticism of the choice, calling the indictment “stunning” and arguing the case ought to have been dismissed. “We’re completely astonished,” mentioned attorneys Gaetano Scalise, Fabio Fulgeri and Lorenzo Contrada. “There have been clear grounds to acquit the defendants. The Guardia di Finanza misapplied accounting rules, and even the general public prosecutors said that Napoli didn’t receive any benefit from these operations.”
They added that Italy’s preliminary listening to system “has grow to be an pointless step” and argued that extra clear reasoning is required for choices to ship instances to trial.