The miraculous money proliferation in Mouscron

Much more than for his happy hand in shops Famous is Uli Hoeneß for his public, when the long-standing Bavaria manager is doing something against the stroke. In old age, the 70-year-old has become milder, but in September 2020, Hoeneß once again saw the clear edge as a justified style of style. David Alaba Pokerte to weather a new contract and Hoeneß: "He has a crisp Piranha as a consultant." Meant was Pinhas, called Pini, Zahavi, one of the most influential agents of the scene. He jerked with at 222 million euro transfer Neymars to Paris in 2017 and Robert Lewandowski's last contract extension at FCB Anno 2019. Two publicity deals were that.

• Belgian Justice Zahavi among others fraud and money laundering
• Set the agencies strawmen?
• Mouscrons
• A transfer as a lottery win
• Memories of the "ghost players" of Apollon Limassol

In contrast, Zahavi kept his commitment to Royal Excel Mouscron. Zahavi's company "Gol Football Malta Limited" acquired the majority of the former Belgian first division in the summer of 2015 and put four representatives in the Board of Directors of the Club: his family members Gil and Adar Zahavi, Marc Rautenberg and Johannes Diederich. A problematic process because brokers should neither possess a club nor should act as a club official. Formally, Zahavi quickly dissolved with the sale of his shares to another Maltese company, with their majority took over Zahavi. And also Rautenberg, who works or worked for the agency Lian Sports, retired at February 27, 2016. That Lian Sports still noticed many of their at that time clients in the province of Haingau, it should be anything but coincidence. Mouscron's squad was subsequently inflated on up to 40 professionals as a result to the water heater for talents from all gentlemen countries.

Maybe because the gang to the advisor agencies were not so strictly severed? Sure, Rautenberg was g1. But there was also Johannes Diederich, who sat by March 2018 in the Board of Directors. Diederich? Nils Diederich is considered a right hand of Alen Augustincic. Augustincic belongs to the Hessian player agent company SoccerTalk, which represents professionals like Benjamin Hübner (TSG Hoffenheim) or Sonny Kittel (HSV) and coaches like Niko Kovac. Apparently one was aware of the problem, why else Diederich would have been in Mouscron as John and not as a Nils as SoccerTalk employees as SoccerTalk employees? Anyway, as Nils Johannes Diederich he was registered at the Israeli Association 2019/20 as a mediator - mind you for his out in Mouscron.

Belgian Justice Zahavi among others fraud and money laundering

There, the prosecutor marched one in November 2018. Shortly before, the Belgian magazine sport had described very detailed relations between Zahavi and Fali Ramadani, Rautenberg's partner at Lian Sports. Lian Sports, where Stars such as Leroy Sané (FC Bayern) or European Champion Federico Chiesa (Juventus Turin) are under contract, and SoccerTalk cooperated at that time. Meanwhile, the Belgian Justice Zahavi raises fraud and money laundering. The Israeli denies this. If he is currently not commenting, leaving one of his employees. It is the presumption of innocence.

Perhaps the investigators are interested in the club, which has now risen after repeated problems with the licensing commission and today belongs to the Luxembourg-Spanish businessman Gerard Lopez, because of ominous transfers with miraculous money.

Set the agencies strawmen?

Such a thing was made shortly after, in March 2018, significant changes in the Board of Directors. On March 9, Gil Zahavi left, it came Pairoj Piempongsant. The Thai countries took over Mouscron in March 2018. He and Pini Zahavi should be friends according to the British Guardian, both should have been involved in the sale of Manchester City 2008 when the former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra started his shares in Abu Dhabi United Group. Like the relationship between him and Piempongsant, this question of the long-standing Bavaria allows Zahavi unanswered. Then, as part of an extraordinary meeting on March 30, 2018, the last governor of the Zahavi family arises from the Council with Gil. That day, Diederich's mandate ended. Pairoj Piempongsants son Phubate moved in.

And another person arrived at the Board of Directors from Mouscron: Almir Tic. Tic used to work for a Belgrade company of a former employee of Lian Sports. Overall, that acts as if the agencies had used strawmen, so that formally everything looks clean.

Mouscrons

But back to miraculous money proliferation from Mouscron: On March 14, 2018, Marko Hanuljak signed at Royal. At theinate tariff, because the contract of the 18-year-old was at Hypo Limac. Hypo Limac is a private youth academy operated by the former Leverkusen Star Marko Babic in the Croatian city of Osijek, which participates in the regulatory championships in the junior area. Machused to Hanuljaks change has according to Belgian mediator register: SocCertalk, Diederich's employer. Strange is only: The Belgian Association shows Hanuljaks change only for the transfer period 2019/20. Not ruled out that the club guide passed wrong information here. In any case, Mouscron's information about the involved mediator companies in the association work incorrectly (see info box).

A transfer as a lottery win

Brought good money to the Belgian: Marko Hanuljak. Imago Images / Gribaudi / ImagePhoto

At this time, however, Hanuljak was no longer in Belgium, right the midfielder never came correctly in Mouscron. On July 1, 2018, he would have been entitled to play, but use is not recorded. Instead, he was further transferred to AC Florence on 11 July 2018 - for whopping 1.5 million euros. Ten days, zero inserts, but 1.5 million euros plus. A transfer as a lottery win for the Belgians.

The International Transfer Market seems to be prone to money laundering activities. "Although the European Commission has already pointed out that football has a money laundering problem, there is hardly moving from the state and associations. A few investigations occur. But structures are still missing. Overall, states like in the Wild West, criticize the criticity expert and lawyer Dr. Ingo Bott.

In a recent ARD documentation, the Europol investigator Jan Op Gen Oorth said: "Of course there are transfers where players are transferred, and a sum is paid, which is too high to wash to wash money. The player agents are there Very important because they lead all the threads in hand. " According to the Doku, the scheme works like this: Club A sells player B of the mediator C to an excessive price of Club D, the managers of both clubs are inaugurated. Parts of the inflated sum go as a kickback in the form of the commission to the mediator. Thus, the black money is now clean. In case of doubt, the intermediary could make the managers with bribery gifts confidently so they play along.

The double transfer Hanuljaks to Mouscron and Florence has parallel to the scheme. SoccerTalk - so exactly the agency, whose employees sat down until shortly before Hanuljaks change to Italy in the Board of Directors - wrapped the million translation to Florence on behalf of Royal Mouscron. The long-standing Bavaria also found out that Fiorentina was represented by Primus Sports. This company belongs to Lian-Sports co-owner Ramadani. His alleged straw man Tic was sitting in the Board of Directors from the end of March 2018. How long Tic has worked for him, Ramadani did not answer, even further questions he had argumented. Soccertalk also did not answer a request.

Memories of the "ghost players" of Apollon Limassol

Hanuljak's enormous value increase within ten days without a single use awakens memories of the "ghost players" of Apollon Limassol. The Serbs Mijat Gacinovic and Luka Jovic moved in 2015 and 2016 for low transfer sums to the Cypriot club, were parked there for a few days and then forwarded to many times: Jovic, which is under contract at Lian Sports, from Red Star Belgrade to Cyprus Benfica Lisbon. Gacinovic, mediated by Augustincics Agency, from FK Vojvodina Novi Sad Via Cyprus to Eintracht Frankfurt. With the Jovic-Deal alone, Limassol should have earned 4.5 million euros, although the striker, who later landed in Frankfurt and changed from Real Madrid's Star Ensemble, had not completed a single minute for Apollon. This process had revealed the Mirror-led EIC calculation network, which had access to the football leaks data. Since 2018, a Europe-wide investigation has been investigating due to suspicion of money laundering and tax evasion in the football transfer market. Although EUROPOL does not call names of the accused agents nor the club, but in February 2020 in a press release concretized: the criminal network manages, among other things, clubs in Belgium, Serbia and Cyprus.

No wonder that in Mouscron dear discreetly revealed with the Hanuljak Personalism, there was never an official information about the obligation. The reading of the club according to local newspaper at that time: "When we transfer Marko Hanuljak, the Fiorentina had already interested in the player. After signing a contract, the Italians showed much more interest. They really wanted him. So we wanted it Unlike the Fiorentina, to give you the player. " For 1.5 million euros?

Today's club leadership in Florence - in June 2019, the Italo American Rocco Commisso took over the association - pointing out that the transfer had not happened under its aegis. Hanuljak was only used in Italy in the U 19.

Currently he is awarded to NK Osijek, where he runs only in the reserve in Croatia 2. League. The wondrous increase in money from July 2018 seems to have other backgrounds as a sporty...