Benfica announced on Saturday that it would conduct an internal investigation to determine whether or not people from the club were involved “in the alleged business involving a deal with related SAD assets.”
The news was published by the Nascer do Sol newspaper, according to which Luis Filipe Vieira was assisted by two employees (Hugo Ribeiro, director of the international department, and Carlos Janela, communications advisor at SAD), in a sense secretly. raise 25% of Benfica SAD’s capital to sell it to North American investor John Textor, promising him high commissions after the deal is closed. “Taking into account the latest released news, Sport Lisboa e Benfica announces that it will immediately initiate an internal investigation process into the possible involvement of two of its employees in the alleged business concerning the transaction with the related assets of its SAD,” writes Benfica. , in the statement.
