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Napoli, Auriemma on StileTv: «The Osimhen case is not like Juventus! Let me explain…»

Raffaele Auriemma spoke about the capital gains case related to the deal that brought Victor Osimhen to Napoli on StileTv.

“Capital gains issue? There are many things between the serious and the humorous. But why do people want to interpret the interception as something fraudulent and fictitious on Napoli's part? Capital gains in football have always been made, because it is not a crime if I decide to value a youth player at 5 million. Explain to me why I shouldn't give him this value! When Zaniolo moved from Inter to Roma, he was a youth player at Inter and was transferred as part of the Nainggolan deal, and he was valued at 5 million, just like in the Osimhen-Napoli operation. I cannot give away a youth player; I must always assign a value because if he then becomes a star, the ownership will blame me if I am the sporting director. You must always assign a valuation to youth players, even if it seems exaggerated; then, if they don't become stars, the investment will not have paid off. This obsession outrages me, as if someone, from the north, wants to say that just because Juve was punished, Napoli should be punished too. The system of fictitious capital gains at Juve? There it wasn't about a single capital gain, like Napoli, but about 20-30, which were needed to ensure Juve's financial statements met the requirements for league registration. There is a system that tends to create a false financial statement, but in Napoli's case, a single operation cannot be defined as a false financial statement, otherwise, we would have to shut down Italian football. If Napoli is condemned by the Rome prosecutor, I will demand checks on every club in all forums. Today, there is no fraud in a capital gain because you can assign whatever value you want to a player. However, if you create capital gains worth hundreds of millions, you are creating a false premise to register for a league, which you otherwise couldn't do, as in the case of Cristiano Ronaldo, since you wouldn't be able to cover what is needed in the financial statements to obtain registration.”

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