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Pedro Miguel Azevedo
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Among the documents shown, and then deleted from that account, are alleged endorsements made by the athlete’s former club, Rúbio Ñú
A Twitter account this Wednesday made public the contract of Francisco Vera, a Paraguayan player who spent time at Benfica B in 2015/16, a document already shown by “Football Leaks” and where the payment of 2.8 is seen. million euros by the athlete in five tranches.
Among the documents shown, and then deleted from the aforementioned account, not before CMTV showed them, are alleged endorsements made by the athlete’s former club, Rúbio Ñú to the company MasterInternational FZC, allegedly linked to businessman Bruno Macedo, accused as Luís Filipe Scallop in the Red Card process. These papers have the signatures of the then administrators of the incarnated SAD Rui Costa and Domingos Soares de Oliveira.
Benfica’s SAD reacted shortly afterwards, defending that this transfer “followed the normal procedures of a SAD” with bank bills to be “signed by two administrators” and the payment made “exclusively to the Paraguayan club where the player came from “. About the money in question, Benfica adds ignorance of “his future whereabouts” and recalls that “neither SAD nor its current leaders are accused in the Red Card process”. Here’s the full reaction:
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“1- Sport Lisboa e Benfica clarifies, on the information disclosed by CMTV this evening, that the transfer of the player Francisco Vera followed the normal procedures of a SAD, with the transfer contract and payment of the respective bank letters signed by two administrators of the SAD
2- Payment for the transfer of this player, through guarantees via the issuance of a Bank Bill, was made exclusively to the Paraguayan club, where the player came from.
3- The subsequent destination of this bank guarantee can only be explained by the club that received it, with the current managers of Sport Lisboa e Benfica, namely its President Rui Costa, oblivious to this decision and not knowing its future whereabouts.
4- Sport Lisboa e Benfica has never refused to explain or clarify anything, having always collaborated with the authorities in the determination of all questions that are justified. And so it will continue to be.
5- Sport Lisboa e Benfica emphasizes that neither SAD nor its current leaders are accused in the Red Card process.”
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