The name of Rui Costa is associated with the alleged flat, who is under suspicion of the Central Investigation and Crime Directorate (DCIAP) and the Judicial Police (PJ). The Benfica president reacted a minute ago with a statement published on the club’s official website.
In addition to the Eagles’ maximum leader, Luis Filipe Vieira, Domingos Soares de Oliveira and Paulo Gonçalves are also suspected of crimes of undue advantage and qualified tax fraud for allegedly stealing 6 million euros through intermediary contracts for fictitious players. .
Read the statement in full:
Given the news published today, I completely deny that I knew of or interfered with any alleged plan to withdraw funds from Benfica or Benfica SAD, whether through negotiations with players or in any other way.
I have always been and remain completely loyal to Benfica and do not accept insinuations or allegations of inappropriate behavior or condoning anything illegal.
As the current president of Benfica, as well as chief executive during the period of the investigation, I have provided the authorities with all the clarifications that I was capable of to the best of my knowledge, and I will always be ready to do so.
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