A preliminary investigation for concealed work was opened in mid-January after a complaint against PSG filed by a Tunisian businessman, a former close friend of the club’s president, Nasser Al Khelaïfi, the Paris prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday, confirming information from The team. This investigation was opened on January 16, on a complaint received on December 13, according to the prosecution. The investigations were entrusted to the police station of the 16th arrondissement.
According The Team et The world, the complaint was filed by Hicham Bouajila, “a former close adviser” of Nasser Al Khelaïfi who would have worked “in particular from 2015 to 2018” with him. He told the Monde “having signed a tennis coaching contract in 2015”, supposed to expire in 2020, with a tennis academy in Doha, when he would “never have held a racket” in his life.
“No comment” from PSG
“Close collaborators of Nasser Al Khelaïfi had disguised contracts, the whole thing was to have a form of legality, he declared to the daily. Many were paid in Qatar or with beIN contracts. Myself, I had several contracts related to Qatari companies. »
Asked by AFP, the club assured that “Mr. Bouajila has never been employed by PSG or beIN”. “We will make no further comment on completely insincere individuals who trade on disinformation and media manipulation,” PSG added.
