Xhaka, fined for falsifying a covid certificate

The first captain of the Swiss national team, Granite Xhakahas been fined 150,000 francs (160,000 euros) for having falsified a covid vaccination certificate during the pandemic, although he will avoid payment if he does not commit any other infraction.

As the Swiss star explained on her Instagram account, the Lucerne Public Prosecutor’s Office has suspended the punishment, which means that it will not carry out the sanction if there is no recidivism.

“I accept the decision and assume responsibility,” said the midfielder, who due to this controversy was removed from the national team in the four Nations League matches recently played, which the ‘Nati’ ended with full victories.

The player of Baselcurrently in the SunderlandEdit English and in past seasons a key player in teams such as Arsenal or Bayer Leverkusen, acknowledged that at the time he harbored “deep distrust of the vaccine” against covid.

However, it has not been clarified under what circumstances he used the false certificate with which he pretended to have been vaccinated, nor for how long.