Liga MX: Cofece will call 18 teams to check the players' contracts

Mexico City –

America and Blue Cross they will not be the only clubs in the Liga MX who will be informed by the Federal Commission for Economic Competition (Cofece), a unit that this morning delivered quotes also in Pachuca, Puebla, Veracruz and the Mexican Football Federation.

The document will also be delivered in the coming days to the rest of the national football clubs, which, according to one source, will be investigated for monopolistic practices in player contracts and dual contracts, theme put forward last August. when Guillermo Vázquez He discovered that among the Red Sharks, this practice was managed.

This case caused the Secretariat of Finance and Public Creditthrough Tax Administration System (SAT), will announce an investigation to the clubs of the Liga MX, for possible tax evasion.

"The Ministry of Finance and Public Credit indicates that, with regard to the alleged existence of double contracts in Mexican football, it will investigate and, if it discovers facts that could constitute tax evasion or any other related offense, will act in accordance with its legal powers and obligations, "he said in a statement dated August 16, 2018.

This morning, the staff of Cofece attended the Club Americaescorted by two patrols of the National Gendarmerie, to deliver the notification, received an hour later. In the same way, they went to the offices of Blue Cross in La Noria, where they validated the diligence with the administrative staff of the institution.