Prosecutors in Perugia have notified
four suspects that they have concluded an investigation into the
"sham" Italian-language exam soccer player Luis Suarez did at
the city's University for Foreigners in September.
This step usually comes before prosecutors request indictments.
The four people are the former dean of the university, Giuliana
Grego Bolli, the former director general Simone Olivieri, a
teacher, Stefania Spina, and a lawyer, Maria Cesarina Turco.
The examiner who did the test, done in view of a move to
Juventus which subsequently fell through, plea-bargained a
one-year suspended jail term for fraud in February
Veteran Uruguay star Suarez went from Barca to Atletico Madrid
after the Juve deal collapsed.
The language exam, in which he was fed the answers, was needed
for him to qualify for Italian citizenship and thus join the
roster of the Turin giants without adding to their roll of
overseas players, which was already full.
The case has been a source of major embarrassment for the
prestigious Perugia institute, as well as for Juve.
Juve signed Real Madrid's Alvaro Morata instead of Suarez,
joining Cristiano Ronaldo up front.
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