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Prosecutors: Suarez鈥檚 Italian language test rigged
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Italian prosecutors said yesterday they had evidence that the language test taken by Barcelona鈥檚 Uruguay striker Luis Suarez to obtain Italian citizenship ahead of a possible move to Juventus was rigged.
Suarez, whose wife is of Italian descent, passed the exam last Thursday at the University for Foreigners in Perugia.
It cleared the way for a fast-track citizenship approval which would mean Juventus could sign him without exceeding its permitted quota of non-EU players, but suspicions were quickly raised in the media that he was given preferential treatment.
Perugia chief prosecutor Raffaele Cantone said his investigations showed the questions had been agreed with Suarez ahead of the exam and it had already been decided what marks to give him, despite his scarce knowledge of Italian.
The university denied any wrongdoing, saying in a statement it had acted with 鈥渃orrectness and transparency鈥 and was confident this would emerge at the end of the probe.
Police searched the university yesterday looking for further evidence, Cantone said in a statement, while Italian newspaper la Repubblica reported that five university staff had been put under investigation.
Suarez himself is not cited among those under probe.
La Repubblica published alleged conversations taped by police during their probe, in which a tutor preparing Suarez told a colleague 鈥渉e can鈥檛 speak a word,鈥 and described him as an absolute beginner in Italian.
Suarez, 33, obtained the intermediate B1 qualification required for citizenship in just 15 minutes, his examiner said after the test, and was only required to do the oral part of the exam.
Other citizenship applicants taking the B1 exam on the same day in Rome, had to also complete a written paper lasting two-and-a-half hours.
Suarez鈥檚 mooted transfer to Juventus now looks unlikely, as the Serie A champion has moved to sign striker Alvaro Morata from Atletico Madrid, while the Uruguayan seems set to take Morata鈥檚 place at Atletico.
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