Victor Osimhen joined Napoli in a record-breaking transfer from Lille last summer, But former Les Dogues owner could be in trouble over the deal.
French authorities have opened an investigation into the transfer that took the 22-year-old from Lille to Napoli last summer.
The Nigerian international joined Napoli from the Ligue 1 side on a five-year deal for a club and African record fee of €81.3 million last August.
While it has been almost a year since the transfer took place, former Lille owner, Gerard Lopez, is the subject of an investigation from the French government.
According to L’Équipe, per SS Napoli news, Lille only received €10m from the transfer fee. And reports suggests that Lopez might have invested some of the money into his personal business.
The Luxembourgish-Spanish businessman is yet to respond to the accusations. But the French justice system has begun a probe into the transfer.
The deal itself took weeks of negotiations before completed it – although it had to do with Osimhen and not the two clubs.