A Madrid court on Thursday placed former Barcelona player Gerard Pique under official investigation as part of a probe into suspected corruption in a deal to take the Spanish Super Cup to Saudi Arabia.
Barcelona’s Spanish defender Gerard Pique holds a press conference at the FC Barcelona ‘Joan Gamper’ sports centre in Sant Joan Despi near Barcelona on August 11, 2018 on the eve of the Spanish Super Cup final football match between Barcelona and Sevilla. – A Madrid court on May 30, 2024 placed former Barcelona player Gerard Pique under official investigation as part of a probe into suspected corruption in a deal to take the Spanish Super Cup to Saudi Arabia.
The Super Cup contracts are worth 40 million euros a year with the deal brokered by Kosmos, a company owned by former Barcelona and Spain defender Pique. As a result, the court said it had formally included Pique in a group of people now under official investigation over the alleged graft case which has rocked Spanish football.
Rubiales was forced to step down as RFEF boss in September after forcibly kissing Women’s World Cup star Jenni Hermoso following Spain’s triumph in the Sydney final in August.
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