Inter Milan Star To Speak To Prosecutors As Part Of Ultras Investigation

Inter Milan midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu will speak to prosecutors this week as part of an investigation into Nerazzurri ultras.

This according to today’s print edition of Milan-based newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, via FCInterNews. They report that investigators will question the Turk about his relationship with arrested ultras leader Marco Ferdico.

Investigators in Italy have already spoken to a couple of high-profile figures at Inter.

There has been testimony from Nerazzurri coach Simone Inzaghi, as well as Vice-President Javier Zanetti.

This has been to clarify what contacts there have been between official figures at Inter and the clubs’ ultras.

Prosecutors are looking to determine how the clubs may have partially facilitated the ultras’ activities.

To be clear, there is no investigation into any official figures at Inter. However, the prosecutors are still looking to collect testimony to better understand the ultras’ relationships with figures at the club.

Anti-mafia prosecutors made nineteen arrests last month. These were of leading members of Inter ultras group the Curva Nord and AC Milan counterparts the Curva Sud.

Prosecutors allege illegal activities as well as mafia connections from the Nord and the Sud.

Inter Milan Midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu To Speak To Prosecutors In Ultras Investigation

According to the Gazzetta, Calhanoglu will be the first Inter player to speak to prosecutors.

The 30-year-old former AC Milan midfielder will follow Inzaghi and Zanetti.

The Gazzetta report that the investigators’ questions will centre around what sort of contacts Calhanoglu has had with Nord leader Marco Ferdico in particular.

Ferdico was one of the nineteen ultras arrested.

The Gazzetta report that there had been a meeting between Calhanoglu and Ferdico. The Inter midfielder gifted the ultras leader t-shirts.

The newspaper further report that some of these t-shirts were later given to Antonio Bellocco, an Inter fan and prominent member of the ‘ndrangheta organized crime family who was murdered earlier this year.

At the moment, Calhanoglu is with the Turkish national team for the international break.

But when the 30-year-old returns this week, the Gazzetta report that he will speak to prosecutors.