Gerard Piqué, under the magnifying glass of Spanish justice: his 96 bank accounts and the 27 companies he founded are under investigation

From Gerard Pique His entrepreneurial profile has always stood out, even when he played and won everything Barcelonaalmost always with Lionel Messi as a companion. As a central defender he was one of the pillars of the great team he commanded Pep Guardiola (2008-2012) and was also world champion with Spain in South Africa 2010 and Euro 2012.

But Piqué’s last years as a footballer were not good and he was involved in various conflicts, such as his separation with singer Shakira. He retired in 2022 and dedicated himself completely to business, the same ones that keep him in the eye of the storm today. Remember: in 2017 Piqué took a course at Harvard on the world of entertainment, media and sport.

The information is shocking and was revealed by several Spanish media: Spanish justice has put a magnifying glass on 96 bank accounts and 27 companies in which Piqué owns or participates.

Operation Brody is the name of the scandal that is shaking Spanish football, which investigates alleged fraudulent contracts of the Spanish Federation (RFEF) and various clubs, again during the mandate of Luis Rubiales (2018-2023)that character who He kissed footballer Jenni Hermoso without consent during the celebration of Spain’s world title in Australia-New Zealand 2023, on 20 August.

Rubiales is under investigation for alleged irregularities in several RFEF contracts over the past five years, among these those of the transfer of the Spanish Super Cup to Saudi Arabia and it is here that the name of Gerard Piqué appears the Kosmos company, who acted as an intermediary in the awarding of the Spanish Super Cup to Saudi Arabia. According to the media La Vanguardia, judge Delia Rodrigo wants to know all the bank movements of Piqué’s accounts because she suspected that there were deals with Rubiales to move the tournament to the Arab country.

What the investigators are trying to ascertain is the destination of the funds coming from the Kosmos Football account, on which “success commissions paid by the Sela Sport company (4 million euros per year) were collected as compensation for the intermediation provided”. in negotiations with the RFEF for the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi territory. From the analysis carried out by the Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Guardia Civil of the bank account in the name of Kosmos Football, they conclude that the main source of the revenue was intentional transfers of foreign currency by the Saudi entity Sela. Furthermore, they note that “the vast majority” of the payments issued were intended for other companies in the Kosmos group”, we read in the note from La Vanguardia signed by the journalist Carlota Guindal.

Additionally: La Vanguardia had access to orders from banks, including Credit Suisse, Bankinter, Singular Bank and BBVA.

Meanwhile, Miguel Ángel Galán Castellanos, president of the National Center for Training of Football Coaches of Spain (CENAFE), fired everything against Piqué. “He is the same or worse than Rubiales. “We don’t talk because the judge has time for him, but don’t doubt that Piqué will testify as an investigator because Kosmos is accused and so is Rubiales.”he said in an interview with the website El Desmarque.

And he continued: “Piqué will certainly testify as a suspect, because we are talking about 24 million euros in illicit commissions. There is a devastating report of the general intervention of the State at the request of the Prosecutor’s Office in which it is said that Kosmos was an intermediary for the Spanish football club. Therefore, both the RFEF and Piqué cannot continue to repeat that the former footballer was an agent of Arabia. No, because the RFEF’s contract with Arabia says that if the commission is not paid to Piqué, the contract is broken. Consequently, there is business corruption which is conditioning the contract to Piqué’s commission with the aggravating circumstance that in parallel there was another offer and another contract from Qatar higher than this one, where there was no room for the commission agents.”

Currently, Piqué opted for silence. On social media, his latest activity was promoting the Kings League, another of his exploits since he retired from football.