Veron called before state prosecutor

Manchester United’s Juan Sebastian Veron has been called to appear before Italy’s state prosecutor in Rome on July 12 to answer allegations of illegally acquiring an Italian passport.

Argentina international Veron and eight others, including two Lazio executives, are accused of the forging of an official document.

However, Veron will not be present in the Italian capital and will be represented by his lawyer Marcello Petrelli.

‘‘All of them have been accused of forging an official document, which in this case is the supposedly illegal documents regarding Veron’s passport,’’ Lazio lawyer Ugo Longo said.

Petrelli insisted that his client was innocent and is confident he will be cleared of the charge.

‘‘I can confirm that Juan Sebastian Veron has been accused of forging an official document,’’ he said.

‘‘But I would like to point out that Veron maintains that he did not have anything to do with this, that it was Lazio and an Argentinian agency who deals with the documents that were involved in this affair.’’