Marseille director questioned in transfer probe

Perez, 55, faces accusations of "misuse of company assets, forgery and use of forgery and criminal association", the source told AFP.

He is suspected of having played a role in "about 15" suspicious transfers, including that of former OM striker Andre-Pierre Gignac from Toulouse in 2010.

All the deals are the subject of an investigation launched five years ago.

Several current and former officials from Marseille have already been questioned in the affair, with former president Jean-Claude Dassier, 74, charged with various offences last September.

An investigation into "extortion, money laundering and criminal association" was first opened in July 2011, with investigators suspecting unwarranted payments of commissions were made following major transfers.

That investigation led to club offices being raided in January 2013 and current club president Vincent Labrune being arrested and briefly held in custody in November 2014, along with Dassier and another former president, Pape Diouf. They were all later released without charge.