[attach id=262785 size="medium"]Massimo Moratti said police didn’t raid the Inter offices but only requested financial documents.[/attach]

President Massimo Moratti insists Inter have “nothing to worry about” after police requested financial documents from several Serie A clubs on Tuesday.

An operation conducted by the Guardia di Finanza (financial police) in collaboration with Neapolitan prosecutors saw police approach 41 different club offices in search of paperwork pertaining to an investigation into alleged tax evasion.

Reports in Italy suggested police officers had executed search warrants in a series of dawn raids but Moratti maintained there was no “perquisition” at his club’s headquarters.

He told inter.it: “No perquisition. It was a request for documents. It was something they’ve done with about 40 clubs, so I understand how it could happen to us.

“It’s clear they must have good reason to go round all the clubs. I don’t do their job so we will just have to wait and find out what’s going on.

“They’ve taken documents from Inter that were of interest, just like they’ve taken them from Napoli and from Milan and so on and so on.

“These things happen. There’s nothing to worry about.”

Juventus, Lazio, Fiorentina, Sampdoria and Parma also received Finanza agents, with Bari, Siena and Palermo among the more high-profile Serie B clubs who were asked to hand over documents.

A statement by Naples prosecutors said the clubs involved in the searches were under investigation for alleged conspiracy to avoid payment of “huge amounts of money” to tax authorities during the transfer of players. The probe also included 12 player agents and a number of foreign clubs.

Italian football is no stranger to scandal on or off the pitch, with match-fixing allegations and hooliganism among its other problems.