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Uefa to release shock findings on gambling gangs

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/13/2009 - 16:45

UEFA chiefs are ready to reveal the huge influence which gambling gangs have on football with the release of an anti-corruption dossier next month, reports The Guardian.

And Europe's governing body have even investigated Liverpool and Chelsea's Champions League quarter-final last season, although there is no suggestion of match fixing in that instance, after discovering that £30million worth of bets were placed on the match at one Chinese bookmakers.

Karl Dhont, of UEFA's anti-corruption office, said: "I told UEFA that bribery is a very serious threat in European football because of the cases we found. We have solid evidence. This is going to be the biggest case in history."

UEFA have proof of match-fixing in 40 games, including Champions League, UEFA Cup and Europa League matches, and have even flown to China to investigate bookmakers, where Dhont revealed, the £30m sum was wagered at one outlet alone.

Dhont said: "Under UEFA's authority we investigated that match. We went to China to interview one of the biggest bookmakers. The reason? "On the night of the Chelsea v Liverpool game, there were bets of £30m just on that particular match, at that bookmaker alone."

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Comments (3)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 10/14/2009 - 12:02.

be careful
www.trophymanager.com/index.php?ref=22924

Submitted by ibbi (not verified) on Tue, 10/13/2009 - 19:12.

and i take it the Chelsea Barca semi final didnt have ANY hint of match fixing ???????
Uefa rly drop themselve in it sometimes! lol

Submitted by Noddy the sandwich (not verified) on Tue, 10/13/2009 - 17:29.

Did they investigate the Chelsea Barcelona semi-final, or did they fix it themselves.

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