Inter Brass Slammed by DA’s Office in Curva Inquiry

Inter aren’t under investigation in the probe that led to the arrest of 19 chiefs of the Ultras in Milan who profited from all businesses tied to San Siro, but the local prosecutor painted an unflattering picture with their early findings, La Repubblica reports.

According to the detectives, the club often gave in to the pressure of the organized supporters. They de facto financed those who had infiltrated the club by handing them tickets at will. The Nerazzurri have been urged to revise their structure to remove “toxic situations that created the premises for illicit activities around the stadium.”

Inter are said to have indirect contacts with criminals and to have involuntarily facilitated them. The DA’s office added that removing the apical figures wouldn’t be enough to solve the problem.

“If the organization stays the same, the newcomers would be in the same conditions as their predecessors. The illegal system would be bound to continue.”

“There’s a sort of business culture, meaning a series of rules, a way of conducting the company in an environment filled with implicit conventions, rooted within the structure of the team that basically helped, without intent, the suspects that have been able to sneak into the management.”

In addition to Simone Inzaghi and Milan Skirniar, Nicolò Barella, Hakan Calhanoglu, and Javier Zanetti could soon be questioned after the Ultras claimed to have spoken to them in the wiretaps. From a legal perspective, Inter have been mandated to address the issue or they could be put under a receivership. Instead, the sports inquiry could lead to fines.