Gerard Piqué: judge blocks account in which he receives payments for the Super Cup

Gerard Piqué is in trouble. They report that the judge investigating the contract carried out by the Spanish Super Cup to Saudi Arabia gave the order to block an account of the company Kosmos Football SL, which belongs to the former player of the Barcelona.

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“In an order dated Monday, the head of the Court of First Instance and Instruction number 4 of Majadahonda (Madrid) agrees to the request of the Prosecutor's Office to block the aforementioned account by estimating “that from the development of the investigation, the amounts established as a commission or success fee in favor of the aforementioned entity in the contracting of the Super Cup can be considered as legally controversial” said the EFE agency.

The information indicates that the Kosmos company is one of those investigated for the alleged crimes of corruption in business, “unfair administration and money laundering, and that the case is investigating the contract between the RFEF, Kosmos and Sela Company Sport “to negotiate the holding of the Super Cup competition in Saudi Arabia, dated September 11, 2019,” the agency said.

“Within the framework of said contract, apparently, a series of addendums to the Super Cup agreements were formalized, through which the aforementioned company was linked as the recipient of a commission in the amount of three million euros per edition ( bonus of success)”, he adds.

“The judge considers that “in accordance with the interests of the Public Prosecutor's Office, it is considered necessary and essential for the purposes of this investigation to agree to block the requested banking product in order to guarantee any civil liabilities arising from this procedure.” , commented by EFGE.