Police find Polish football club keeping two sets of books on player transfer

Police yesterday accidentally discovered two different sets of documents regarding the transfer of football player Zbigniew Malkowski from Stomil Olsztyn to Feyenoord Rotterdam. According to one of the documents the transfer value was DM 350,000, while the other showed an amount of DM 550,000. One possible explanation is the Polish club was trying to avoid paying taxes and commissions to the football federation on the higher amount and used the money to pay players whom the team owes a lot of money to in overdue salaries. The new Stomil vice-president Henryk Sitek claims the club does not have the money from the transfer. "If nobody knows where the money is, then ... why are the players not protesting, not saying anything about the money the club owes them and are unusually calm?" The team's coach, Boguslaw Kaczmarek, who was one of the people conducting the transfer, said, "The money is in the right place and it will certainly go to people who deserve it." (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 1) T.J.