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On Sunday, DN revealed that AIK Football hired mailbox company SPM Sport Agency and other dire circumstances surrounding the transfer of Nabil Bahoui from AIK to Saudi club Al Ahli in 2015.
On Tuesday night, AIK’s comment came in.
The club will ring An outside attorney examines not only the Bahoui transfer but also all major transfers that AIK has made in the last ten years.
“AIK Football takes very seriously the fact that the name of the club is linked to irregularities, since it is obvious that the club must always act in accordance with current legislation and current regulations,” the club writes on its site Web.
When DN reaches President Robert Falk, he is speechless.
– I can’t comment more on this. Now we are waiting for this legal investigation, it is already underway, says Falk.
AIK writes in the press release that it was SPM Sport Agency that represented the club in the transfer of Bahoui and at the same time points to the then-agent of Bahoui, Hasan Cetinkaya, as a partner of SPM Sport Agency.
“The person who represented SPM Sport Agency, and therefore AIK Football, in the audience was Hasan Cetinkaya,” writes AIK.
Robert Falk does not want to reveal whether the club has been in contact with Cetinkaya after the article.
– I can’t say anything in this case. Now the independent investigation is done and then Björn (Wesström, AIK club director) will present it to the board, says Falk.
DN review showed Also that the Estonian company BlueBlueSky, run by Swedish criminal defendants, issued an invoice for 80,000 euros (800,000 crowns) to the company of the Swiss agent Marco Lichtsteiner, Palm Eleven AG. The money would be sent to another company, Empresa Finance.
The club describes in the press release its relationship with all the companies mentioned in the article at the time of the transfer of Nabil Bahoui.
BlueBlueSky OÜ / Empresa Finance OÜ
“AIK Football has no knowledge of the company BlueBlueSky OÜ / Empresa Finance OÜ and has never collaborated or assigned any mission to that company”.
SPM Sport Agency
SPM Sport Agency represented AIK Football in the negotiations with Al-Ahli SC. SPM Sport Agency is a partner of soccer agent Hasan Cetinkaya. The person who represented SPM Sport Agency, and therefore AIK Football, at the hearing was Hasan Cetinkaya. “
Palm Eleven AG
“Agent Marco Lichtsteiner’s company, Palm Eleven AG, received a percentage on the next transfer when Nabil Bahoui renegotiated and extended his contract with AIK Football in 2014. After the publication of the Dagens Nyheter article, AIK Football received a request from the Swedish Football Association to clarify what the Palm Eleven allocation was like in relation to the player agreement. “
The club will now carry out an external legal investigation and announced that they will not comment further on the case.
When DN contacted Hasan Cetinkaya regarding the transfer of Bahoui, explained that he was the player’s agent. When DN asked Cetinkaya if he was related in any way to SPM Sport Agency, he urged the newspaper to seek out SPM Sport Agency and a designated representative and AIK for an explanation.
In connection with the review, Björn Wesström did not want to answer any questions about SPM Sport Agency or how AIK hired the company.
SPM Sport Agency is now closed and the representative, a professional founder of the company from Malta, has not been contacted.
DN is looking to Hasan Cetinkaya for a new comment.
The Swedish Football Association has announced that it will review the case and that it may launch an investigation.
