Bayern Munich, headquarters searched for money laundering suspicions on Usmanov- Corriere.it

Not a great time at home Bayern Monacodespite the possibility for the Bavarians to return to the top of the Bundesliga by taking advantage of the draw Borussia
Dortmund in Bochum (we need to win on Sunday at home against Herta Berlin). The reigning champions have in fact received a visit from the police who, as reported by the Bild, they searched the club’s headquarters and stadium. In cooperation with the Bavarian police, investigators from the Federal Criminal Police Office are looking for evidence relating to the alleged money laundering under investigation by the Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanovbillionaire friend of Vladimir Putin.

The link between Usmanov and Bayern: those free tickets…

But what does it have to do with it Usmanov with Bayern Munich? What is the point of contact between the most successful club in Germany and the Russian oligarch? The latter ,
as reported by the Bild, between 2017 and 2022 it would have moved money that it believes may have come from a previous tax evasion. The figures in question are very high (we are talking about tens of millions of euros), but at the moment it is not known specifically what evidence the investigators were looking for in the Bayern house. What I note is that honorary president Uli Hoeness and Usmanov know each other. In fact, the two lived in the Tegernsee (located in the Bavarian state, on the shores of the lake of the same name) from where Usmanov then moved at the beginning of the war in Ukraine.

Not only. Because the Russian has also received several free tickets for the Champions League matches from the German club. The investigators want to know that Bayern are not being investigated, but believed to be aware of the facts. Another negative parenthesis after the (many) missteps recorded in the field.