The goalkeeper said that he met with Boaventura, but not to mention Maritimo Benfica
According to the self-investigation that register They had access, the judicial police heard the 38-year-old Frenchman, in Lisbon on December 10, 2018. Salen said he intended to correct “part of the statements” made on November 21 of the same year, after the invasion of the Alcochete Academy, which was held in May 2018.
As can be read, Saleen said that he did not reveal all the facts for fear of “being the target of reprisals.” He added that the storming of the Leonine Academy “affected him deeply”, leading him to “omit some facts” of which he was aware.
The goalkeeper, who left Guingamp for Sporting in 2017, after representing the Green and White team, confirmed that Boaventura had approached him, on a “public road”, in Funchal, in the days leading up to the aforementioned meeting. Salen said that the businessman made him an offer to move to a “foreign club” with a salary of 300,000 euros annually.
Salen said that he did not give “much credence” to the proposal, since he did not know Boaventura, and added that the businessman “did not touch on the issue of the Benfica match”, perhaps because of the “sudden manner” that he “categorically” rejected such an offer. He also denied that the agent was at his home, as well as ensuring that he did not receive any phone call from Jorge Jesus, Sporting’s coach at the time, with an offer of €150,000 to “block all Benfica’s goals”.
In March, the Public Prosecutor’s Office charged Boaventura with three offenses of active corruption and one with active corruption in the form of trying to lure Marcelo, Cassio, Leon (then Rio Ave players) and Salén into matches with Benfica in the 2015/16 season. Charges were brought against Benfica.
By Nuno Martins
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