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“We were effectively in the final stages of the talks,” explained the lawyer, “but the news of the police investigation frightened them off, as the Russians were ready to invest a lot of money into this deal.”
“Initially the sum was going to be in the region of £275m, but within a year it would have been as much as £480m. They were worried and wanted guarantees that this investigation would be over with quickly, but obviously we couldn’t do that.”
This week a police investigation into the finances of Italian football clubs saw documents taken from all the Serie A and B headquarters for inspection.
“The Russians would have come to Italy for promotional purposes,” revealed Trifiro’, “but with this whole affair they could have been sucked into some negative publicity, so they decided to give up on the bid.”