The £5 million sale of Edwin van der Sar to Fulham from Juventus in 2001 is one of 41 transfers being investigated by prosecutors as part of the growing scandal in Italian football.
Although there is no suggestion Fulham have done anything wrong, it is the first time a transfer involving an English club has been drawn into the corruption controversy engulfing Italy and centring on Juventus.
Public prosecutors in Turin yesterday ordered the seizure of documents concerning the 41 transfers, including Zinedine Zidane's £46 million world record move to Real Madrid from Juventus.
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