Ibrahimovic under FIFA and UEFA investigation

[notblox1]

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is under investigation because company Unknown AB that he is co-owner has 10% ownership for betting company Bethard.com.
39-year-old footballer could be fined for 100 milion euros or be suspended from all football activity for up to three years and this is going to affect him and his club Milan for sure!


https://www.football-italia.net/169135/ibrahimovic-risks-sanction-involvement-betting-agency


https://twitter.com/BethardOfficial

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[Yogee]

100 million euros for conflict interest....that's steep. He's also at the end of his career so that will hurt even more if the accusation is proven. This is probably another case of a professional athlete receiving a bad financial advice.

He should probably cooperate with UEFA and FIFA for a possibility of lighter charges.

Bethard's CEO Erik Skarp has confirmed Sportbladet that the striker still owns stokes in Bethard's sole shareholder Gameday Group PLC.

[palle11]

This definitely won't be a good ending for Zlatan if found guilty. At 39 and winding off, he needs a soft ground to allow him go into other aspect of football after retirement like coaching as it is now the routine for retired players. Well as of now it is still an allegation until FIFA and UEFA makes their finding known.

[Renampun]

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If it is proven that he is one of the owners of shares in gambling sites it is appropriate for him to retire from football and Milan...
everyone can have a gambling business, but if it is done by someone who has a big influence, he is afraid that it will make many ordinary people become heavy gamblers because of him. I think the fine that the authorities will impose is very precise.

[Yogee]

..... like coaching as it is now the routine for retired players.

How about becoming a football commentator? That seems like another trend retired players are into but I'm not sure if that's still considered as a football activity in the eyes of FIFA and UEFA.

Well as of now it is still an allegation until FIFA and UEFA makes their finding known.

Innocent until proven guilty but there was already an admission from the gambling company's CEO. I don't know how Zlatans's legal team can wiggle their way out of this.

[hahay]

For the suspension I don't think it is a problem for him because at his age that is not young anymore, it is time for Ibrahimovic to retire, Milan still has many young and talented players and that's not a problem because the team can still be developed from time to time. But regarding fines, I don't know much about Ibra's finances, but Ibra should be able to solve the problem quickly.

[Cnut237]

It does sound like he's definitely broken the rules. The question of whether or not he was aware of this is harder to answer. I'm sure he should have been aware, but perhaps he wasn't. Given his age and that an immediate ban would effectively end his career, I think a compromise outcome is most likely - a suspended ban coupled with a large fine (that he can easily afford).

[mu_enrico]

This is an unclear rule, since "financial interest" could mean direct investment, not via a stock company (or mutual fund). Imagine when you invest in a retirement plan via mutual funds or index fund, the chance is you will have some portion of a betting company stock.

However, AFAIK Bethard is not publicly traded, so Ibra might be guilty for this if he knows that the parent company bought the stocks.

[MAAManda]

It is very unfortunate if in fact a football player has shares in a gambling site, apart from reducing the level of trust of the soccer gambling player, this will also have an impact on the judging site directly.

But I am still confused, are there any rules that prohibit a soccer player from owning shares in gambling sites? and if there really was a rule like that, didn't Ibrahimovic know about it?

[Desmong]

Although I don't know much about the conquences  behind his action if found guilty but that shouldn't have much  effect on his career cos he has the money to repel any fine. It just mavels me why his adversaries always appear whenever he's about to archive something great in the field of football.

[alegotardo]

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is under investigation because company Unknown AB that he is co-owner has 10% ownership for betting company Bethard.com.
39-year-old footballer could be fined for 100 milion euros or be suspended from all football activity for up to three years and this is going to affect him and his club Milan for sure!

The € 100 million is nothing compared to the consequences this could have on your post-retirement career if these suspicions are confirmed.

The question is.... did Zlatan Ibrahimovic know what he was getting into if this is really true?
I doubt it, just a few steps away from retiring he wouldn't risk ruining everything. But, money gets some people into the wrong things.

[slapper]

Not a good news at all. Even if he is not suspended from competition, a 100 million fine is a huge number for any athlete. Im not quite sure why a professional player like Ibra can be stuck in a situation like this. It would be very sad if he is banned from any football activities.

More investigations are needed to enlighten the problem. I believe that a fair solution can be made in order to keep him on the field. Not always the best to prohibit such an admirable soccer player.

[sportbettor]

100 million euros for conflict interest....that's steep. He's also at the end of his career so that will hurt even more if the accusation is proven. This is probably another case of a professional athlete receiving a bad financial advice.

He should probably cooperate with UEFA and FIFA for a possibility of lighter charges.

Bethard's CEO Erik Skarp has confirmed Sportbladet that the striker still owns stokes in Bethard's sole shareholder Gameday Group PLC.

You can find more info about this brand (BetHard) here: http://sportstatist.com/bethard-review/

[clint25n]

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is under investigation because company Unknown AB that he is co-owner has 10% ownership for betting company Bethard.com.
39-year-old footballer could be fined for 100 milion euros or be suspended from all football activity for up to three years and this is going to affect him and his club Milan for sure!


https://www.football-italia.net/169135/ibrahimovic-risks-sanction-involvement-betting-agency


https://twitter.com/BethardOfficial

Where do you get this information and you should make source link about this problem, I still don't know about this cases and I see on instagram social media nothing information about Zlatan Ibrahimovic, become bad thing for AC Milan how to get scudetto this year if Zlatan have been suspend in football activity, how ever he was senior player guider for AC Milan player.

[datguyian]

Not a good news at all. Even if he is not suspended from competition, a 100 million fine is a huge number for any athlete. Im not quite sure why a professional player like Ibra can be stuck in a situation like this. It would be very sad if he is banned from any football activities.

More investigations are needed to enlighten the problem. I believe that a fair solution can be made in order to keep him on the field. Not always the best to prohibit such an admirable soccer player.

I cannot find anything about 100 million. Here
https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/a/Eprw0l/english-version-zlatan-could-face-suspension-after-breaching-fifa-rul

it only says up to 1 million SEK, which is not that much. We should get the facts right. Th suspension might be a bigger risk. I don't understand though why he should be at conflict of interest for rejoining the national team. Any ideas here? He is an unbelievable player. Let's hope the best.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

100 million euros for conflict interest....that's steep. He's also at the end of his career so that will hurt even more if the accusation is proven. This is probably another case of a professional athlete receiving a bad financial advice.

So if a sports person wants to make investment and business decision even if he holds a certain portion of a share that promotes gambling he will be liable to pay this kind of huge money as fine which is ridiculous, if Ibrahimovic have done that gives any undue advantage to them that could bring profit for the company then he is liable, other than that it is too much as he is not the sole decision maker in the company.

[hopenotlate]

100 million euros for conflict interest....that's steep. He's also at the end of his career so that will hurt even more if the accusation is proven. This is probably another case of a professional athlete receiving a bad financial advice.

So if a sports person wants to make investment and business decision even if he holds a certain portion of a share that promotes gambling he will be liable to pay this kind of huge money as fine which is ridiculous, if Ibrahimovic have done that gives any undue advantage to them that could bring profit for the company then he is liable, other than that it is too much as he is not the sole decision maker in the company.

Problem is there are rules from Fifa and Uefa that do not allow players participating in their competitions to have financial interests in gambòing companies; it's not a matter of business decisions players can invest in whatever they want except gambling sector.

Also he is not new to this :back in 2018 he was also a testimonial for the same company ( beside owning 10% of shares) and the situation that at the time contributed to Ibrahimovic's failure to return to the Sweden national team ( return that only happened sme days ago).

[acquafredda]

Ibra must be thinking that he has ended up on a fun show. In four days one trouble after the other for him: first, the red card in Parma, then the story of the restaurant opened during lockdown with all the controversy of the case and the risk that he will be revoked the role of ambassador of the Lombardy Region, now this investigation.
So, Zlatan would have violated the Fifa and Uefa code of ethics as co-owner of the sports betting brand Bethard.com, based in Malta. The two highest Fifa football bodies do not allow players participating in their competitions to have financial interests in companies of this kind. The fact that Ibra still owns shares in Bethard would have been confirmed to a Swedish newspaper by the managing director of the company, Erik Skarp. Further verification would show that Zlatan's Unknown AB company would hold about 10% of the shares of Gameday Group PLC, which in turn is Bethard's sole shareholder.

[Marvelman]

I believe the fine he faces is not 100 million Euros, but rather 100,000 Euros and a three-year suspension.
I couldn't find the source in English to quote.

[Silberman]

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If it is proven that he is one of the owners of shares in gambling sites it is appropriate for him to retire from football and Milan...
everyone can have a gambling business, but if it is done by someone who has a big influence, he is afraid that it will make many ordinary people become heavy gamblers because of him. I think the fine that the authorities will impose is very precise.

I do not think this is the reason, most likely this has to do with a conflict of interests, by being a partial owner of a casino and an active player of a soccer team there is the possibility that he manipulated the results with his performance or that he even convinced other players to lose games they would have not lost otherwise, this is really dumb on his part since there are many other businesses in which he could have invested and yet he picked the one that will get him in trouble.