Gingeletiss Posted 25 June, 2013 Share Posted 25 June, 2013 18 of the 20 Serie A sides have been raided as part of a tax and money laundering investigation, 11 teams from Serie B plus 12 others. Should make the transfer window a bit more interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuncanRG Posted 25 June, 2013 Share Posted 25 June, 2013 Puts our complaints about agents fees and the soulless English game into perspective, doesn't it? Dear me. If Cagliari are involved I hope we manage to buy Nainggolan and Astori for 50p and a box of fruit winders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 26 June, 2013 Share Posted 26 June, 2013 Strange that the only 2 clubs that Saints seem to have dealings with (Cagliari and Bologna) are the only 2 top flight Italian clubs that were not raided. Just a coincidence no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOSaint Posted 26 June, 2013 Share Posted 26 June, 2013 Tancredi Palmeri @tancredipalmeri 13m Core of new investigation in Serie A is: payment that club give to agent as a 'commission',which is tax-free,then partly diverted to players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olallana Posted 26 June, 2013 Share Posted 26 June, 2013 Strange that the only 2 clubs that Saints seem to have dealings with (Cagliari and Bologna) are the only 2 top flight Italian clubs that were not raided. Just a coincidence no doubt. On the other hand, wasn´t Cagliaris chairman in prison already? (dont know what for, but still) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 26 June, 2013 Share Posted 26 June, 2013 On the other hand, wasn´t Cagliaris chairman in prison already? (dont know what for, but still) it was over the rebuilding of the stadium that they play in . Wanted to stay in prison until proved innocent. However he has been banned from attending the club for 4 months on account of a couple of other things as well. Selling tickets for a match that the Italian Federation had decreed to be played behind closed doors and illegal payments to agents. The rest are under investigation for much more serious stuff like money laundering and tax evasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olallana Posted 26 June, 2013 Share Posted 26 June, 2013 it was over the rebuilding of the stadium that they play in . Wanted to stay in prison until proved innocent. However he has been banned from attending the club for 4 months on account of a couple of other things as well. Selling tickets for a match that the Italian Federation had decreed to be played behind closed doors and illegal payments to agents. The rest are under investigation for much more serious stuff like money laundering and tax evasion. Ok cheers for the info. Haven´t had time to read up on what´s it for (this time) now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananaman Posted 26 June, 2013 Share Posted 26 June, 2013 Does anyone have a full list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted 26 June, 2013 Share Posted 26 June, 2013 It seems that the average Italian businessman couldn't lie straight in bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananaman Posted 26 June, 2013 Share Posted 26 June, 2013 With the exception of Trapani Calcio, They are hero's of the community and world sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ART Posted 26 June, 2013 Share Posted 26 June, 2013 Let us not forget the close ties between our chairman and Silvio Berlusconi. A link so close Cortese was close to joining Belusconi at Milan and who's bank affairs at Credit Suisse were handled by Nicola. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dronskisaint Posted 26 June, 2013 Share Posted 26 June, 2013 Let us not forget the close ties between our chairman and Silvio Berlusconi. A link so close Cortese was close to joining Belusconi at Milan and who's bank affairs at Credit Suisse were handled by Nicola. A snide observation that undoubtedly you'll have concrete proof of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ART Posted 26 June, 2013 Share Posted 26 June, 2013 A snide observation that undoubtedly you'll have concrete proof of? Cortese almost joined Milan or was reported to be on the verge of doing so in the media when Pardew was manager. If you doubt what I posted why don't you try making use of Google. Plenty to be found. Cortese had a life prior to appearing on the Saints scene. Did you never question what he did before? He didn't learn being so shrewd by twiddling his thumbs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 26 June, 2013 Share Posted 26 June, 2013 I wonder if he got a free go on Ruby the Heartbreaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suewhistle Posted 26 June, 2013 Share Posted 26 June, 2013 (edited) Does anyone have a full list? Try La Stampa, I was reading it in a bar earlier. No names associated with Saints, and I didn't read the article thoroughly or quite understand the mechanism of how they played about with money, but they noted it was mainly Agentinian, Mexican and (??) Chilean clubs [and ahgents] involved. Agents who didn't want to 'play' were dismissed.. (edit for another bit I recall) Edited 26 June, 2013 by suewhistle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 26 June, 2013 Share Posted 26 June, 2013 Cortese almost joined Milan or was reported to be on the verge of doing so in the media when Pardew was manager. If you doubt what I posted why don't you try making use of Google. Plenty to be found. Cortese had a life prior to appearing on the Saints scene. Did you never question what he did before? He didn't learn being so shrewd by twiddling his thumbs Very little if any evidence to link Cortese with Berlusconi in fact. Other than tittle tattle on forums there is remarkably little to show they even knew each other. Indeed when Milan supposedly came looking for Cortese when we were in League One it was not Silvio who contacted him but a representative from the Northern League Party. If they were friends or even acquaintances would not SB have contacted the man himself? When he was working at the Swiss Bank his office had many clients in top realms of sport including SB. I think you are on at best shaky ground Art, but if you want to believe gossip and rumour that abounds on forum such as these go ahead if it suits your agenda. Just watch out for the horse heads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 26 June, 2013 Share Posted 26 June, 2013 Very little if any evidence to link Cortese with Berlusconi Spot on as always Vectis. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/9269293.stm http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/jan/27/notts-county-hmrc-debt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ART Posted 27 June, 2013 Share Posted 27 June, 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21084754[/url http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/lambert-sparks-comeback-that-turns-adkins-obit-into-an-ovation-8165702.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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