Four former Newcastle players have been embroiled in the latest tax investigations into the club, The Guardian have revealed. The report states that the deals to take Moussa Sissoko now at Tottenham, Pappis Cisse, Demba Ba and Sylvain Marveaux to the North East are currently under investigation for tax fraud.
The news broke on Wednesday morning that Newcastle Football Club were under investigation by HMRC for possible tax evasion and fraud.
The report says that they are looking into the possible evasion of £5m in taxes.
HMRC are looking into the transfers of the aforementioned players to see whether tax was evaded when fees were paid to the agents involved in the respective deals.
Newcastle managing director Lee Charnley was arrested in connection to these allegations on Wednesday after his house was raided by officials.
It is also reported that the French prosecuting authority, the Parquet National Financier, have arrested four people in connection to this – with Marveux having been named as one of those four people.
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