Luis Suarez passed the ‘controversial’ Italian language test for citizenship in September.
Suarez, whose wife is of Italian descent, passed the exam in September at the University for Foreigners in Perugia as part of the naturalisation process needed for his potential transfer to the Serie A champions. “It emerged that the contents of the test had been communicated in advance to the player himself and the result and the score of the exam had been predetermined in order to correspond to the requests made by Juventus,” said a statement by chief prosecutor Raffaele Cantone.
Juventus did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The university, where the four officials were suspended for eight months as a precautionary measure, has denied wrongdoing.