suspects Benfica and Rui Costa

The Portuguese press has announced that the judiciary has opened an investigation into the sports club of Benficathe famous Portuguese football club, and on the board members of the 2016/2020 mandate and still in office. The first press rumors were confirmed by the sports club itself. Among the suspects there is Manuel Rui Costawho played in Italy for years, first at Fiorentina and then at Milan, and is currently the president of the club replacing Luís Filipe Vieira, who had already resigned in the summer of 2021 following his detention requested as part of another investigation for fraud and tax fraud. In the current investigation, which grew out of prosecutors’ investigation into hacked emails, Benfica are accused of benefiting from manipulated results in several matches. The club statement declares total “openness to collaborate with the competent authorities”.