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May
Former Barcelona and Manchester United defender Gerard Pique has been placed under official investigation by a court in Spain over his alleged involvement in a deal which saw the Spanish Super Cup moved to Saudi Arabia. Pique’s company Kosmos signed agreements with the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) which would see it receive 40m euros (£34m) for brokering the deal, with the RFEF receiving 400m euros (£340m). Judge Delia Rodrigo said there were “possible illegalities with criminal implications” in the agreements. Ex-Spain international Pique, 37, has now been formally included among a group of people under official investigation over the alleged…