Three FC Nantes officials were taken into custody on Tuesday as part of an investigation into player transfers, we learned on Wednesday from a source close to the club, which confirms information from the daily Presse Océan.
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Barely more than 48 hours after the Coupe de France won on Saturday in euphoria, the three collaborators of President Waldemar Kita and his son Franck, spent several hours in the premises of the Nantes judicial police, before being handed over released in the early evening.
The investigation, on which very little information has filtered, relates to commissions paid during the transfer of several players.
Searches had already been carried out in December 2020 as part of this investigation at the club's headquarters, within the Jonelière training center.
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Contacted by AFP, the Nantes prosecutor's office did not respond immediately.
Mr. Kita is very close to Mogi Bayat, omnipresent in Nantes transfers.
In Belgium, this controversial agent is one of the central figures of "footballgate", suspected of having manipulated transfers to increase his commissions.
In parallel with this Nantes investigation, Mr. Kita has been targeted since 2017 by another investigation, carried out by the national financial prosecutor's office and relating to suspicions of tax evasion.