The former marketing director of Valerenga, a club in Norway, says he received such an offer via email in 2022.
Fabrizio Romano, an Italian freelance journalist who has become world-famous as a football transfer expert, is suspected of sending letters to clubs in Norway and Denmark asking for money in exchange for advertising some of their players with social media posts. In the media, taking advantage of his great fame on the Internet.
According to what the Norwegian portal “Idrettspolitikk.no” reported on Friday, which reported exclusive statements by Mehran Amundsen Ansari, former marketing director at Valerenga, the club currently playing in the Norwegian second division, the transfer market specialist had a company representing him and her. He sent emails to northern clubs in exchange for promoting their players.
Regarding this issue, the former employee of the Norwegian club told the aforementioned portal that he received a proposal in this regard in 2022, when this Nordic logo was still active in the first division. “I remember going to bed that day and thinking it didn't make sense. There were some emails that went back and forth,” he revealed.
According to this source, the above-mentioned emails were sent by a company linked to Fabrizio Romano, which explained in the messages sent to the clubs the various types of services provided by the Italian journalist at that time, in which a simple mention was made on social media that could reach 11,600 NOK (about 1,000 EUR in current conversion).
Meanwhile, through the “Memmo.me” platform, Fabrizio Romano offers many services for a certain amount of money. Through this site, which is used by countless celebrities, you can ask an Italian journalist to send you even… a special video of your wedding day.
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