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9 Nov, 6 tweets, 2 min read
Another round of anti corruption raids on Benfica and president Luis Felipe Vieira once again allegedly a direct focus of police investigation. Despite numerous allegations against him he was recently reflected president by the club’s members. tvi24.iol.pt/amp/geral/30-1…
Not a headline any football club needs.
Benfica confirms the raid in a statement, but did not interestingly use the statement to deny the allegations of “sporting fraud”, which include claims a bunch of smaller league rivals were paid off.

slbenfica.pt/pt-pt/agora/no…
Curious detail from public prosecutors in relation to raids today. References dealings with a Singaporean national with interests in Portuguese football. There’s one Singaporean national who immediately comes to mind. 😐
Sporting also raided today amid allegations of money laundering dating back to 2011-14. Clubs says it’s cooperating. comunicados.sporting.pt/comunicado/833…
These raids come off the back of details published by the hacker Rui Pinto which exposed a number of questionable acts by Portugal’s biggest teams (though his critics say there’s been little detailed about FC Porto - Pinto’s team).

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Reasoned decision in Manchester City's FFP appeal against UEFA has now been published by CAS. It runs to 93 pages.

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Amanda Staveley's business partner in PCP, Craig Eadie, being cross examined by Barclays lawyer today. He's having a tough time. Calls into question what exactly PCP is. Hard to think of it as anything more than a broker/middleman at this point.
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