Be Careful, Marouane

One thing footballers have in common is...too much money and not enough sense to understand it.
Such is the case with Marouane.  Here are the details:

The Bordeaux striker was summoned by the police.


No, Marouane Chamakh has not been heard in the context of the case Zahia D., but for a different story. According to Sudouest, the Bordeaux striker was recently heard in a case of laundering money from France to the Maroc. Chamakh is in the context of a case surrounding a former associate of the player. Felicia Patrick, charged with abuse of social goods, money laundering and aggravated concealed work, was summoned for his trial to explain his relationship with Chamakh. It said he had established a restaurant in Agadir with the player, named "L'ho of." But Felicia is accused of having used illicit revenues to finance this facility. Moreover, he would have used the bank accounts of Marouane Chamakh to transfer money from France to Morocco. "Marouane Chamakh has played the carrier of bags but he acted recklessly," the prosecutor said Tuesday Alain Bénech. Indeed, the player was unaware of the nature of money, and therefore inadvertently cleared. For this reason it will not be prosecuted by the Justice, and may give Arsenal peace of mind. [end story]

He needs to be careful about the associations he keeps.  Now that he will become more of a recognized name (playing for Arsenal), he will be the target of nefarious individuals. 

On a good note:
Robin van Persie, who is soon to be Marouane's team-mate at Arsenal had some good words about Chamhunny:
"I know him from TV. He looks good, quite strong in the air and he scores lots of goals with his head," said van Persie, who netted during Arsenal's 4-0 win over Fulham yesterday. "Chamakh looks quite confident on the ball too, so hopefully it goes through as it is good for all of us to have competition. I am happy to see him coming."


:)