Big shock for Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis! He will stand trial for transfer irregularities

It was reported that Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis was decided to be tried on the grounds that he committed financial irregularities in the club accounts in 2019-2021 over some football player transfers.

DATE SET

According to reports in the Italian press, the preliminary hearing judge in Rome has accepted the request of the president of Napoli, one of the Italian Serie A teams, De Laurentiis, and Andrea Chiavelli, who is described as his "right-hand man" at the club, for financial irregularities in the club's balance sheet for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021.

Speaking to the press, De Laurentiis' lawyers Gaetano Scalise, Fabio Fulgeri and Lorenzo Contrada said they were stunned by the preliminary hearing judge's decision to refer them to trial.

The Italian ANSA news agency also reported that the first hearing of the trial of De Laurentiis and Chiavelli will take place on December 2, 2026.

VICTOR OSIMHEN TRANSFER

It was stated that two football player transfers stood out at the center of the allegations of financial irregularities that led to the trial of De Laurentiis. These transfers were Greek defender Kostas Manolas, whom Napoli bought from Roma in 2019, and Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen, whom Napoli transferred from French club Lille in 2020.

In its request for a trial in February, the Rome Public Prosecutor's Office had included allegations that the transfers in question may have been fictitious capital gains during the processing of the club's financial statements.