The FC Nantes’ top striker, Moses Simon, has finally spoken about his alleged falsification of documents. Moses, who opened up in an exclusive interview on allegations laid on him over falsification of documents by his former agent through an online media firm, stated that he got a call from Mr Obi Okpala who is the representative of Tony Harris, demanding for money from him few days back.
According to Simon, Mr Obi Okpala, in a telephone conversation told him that he owes them money, following his alleged wrongful termination of their services while he was at KAA Gent in Belgium. Mr Obi said that their first visit to Gent back then was not for free and they need their share from the Nike endorsement deal he got. Simon speaks
“He specifically told me, ‘Simon, if you don’t want to pay, don’t pay but you will call me,’ he said good bye and hung up the call.”
He continued “Immediately, I went to a police officer in Belgium and filed a complaint to the police in Belgium and also contacted my immigration lawyer over there to alert him of their mischievous plans which there are proofs too.
I have no contract with them, this same Tony Harris through same Mr Obi two years back published a fake news about me that I was born and bred in Niger Republic and I had dual passports, one from Niger Republic and one Nigeria, knowing full well my mum and dad who retired in the Nigerian Army and have always lived in Kaduna, where we grew up and we still reside.”
When asked Tony Harris is, he said that he[Tony Harris] is the big boss behind the scenes.
” No club president has ever seen him face to face, not me either, he uses Mr Obi Okpala and his partners to always stand in for him.”
From investigations, it is said that Tony Harris is like an invisible being no club knows him in person even the players according to reports gathered.
There are speculations that Tony Harris is already having issues with clubs like Gent, AS Trencin, Zulte Waragem because he is never present in any contract negotiations at all instead he sends representatives all the time.
It could be recalled that such incident happened to Samuel Kalu in October 2018, when they filed a complaint through their partners to the commissioner of police, Interpol, in Abuja through Dr Kathleen Okafor chambers Abuja.
The questions on everyone’s lips are: Who is Tony Harris? is he a FIFA licensed agent and under whose auspices have they been operating during players’ transfers?