Medeiros, the former head of the European Professional Football Leagues, appealed for tighter regulations to curb match-fixing. “It is urgent we have a globally organised, concerted response, ” he said. “The deficit of regulation in sport and in Europe is not acceptable.
It is deadly for the sport. ”Sportradar’s Small alleged that bought players and officials are being deliberately moved to a club or a league at the behest of match-fixers. He said: “We have evidence of players being moved into a country specifically to fix matches. They are ‘go-to’ guys. ”
Abbott, a former policeman, claimed there was complacency towards match-fixing in England and the prevailing “it couldn’t happen here” attitude was dangerous. The Interpol-Fifa steering group chairman said: “Jér?me Valcke, the general secretary of Fifa, called match-fixing ‘the greatest threat to football that can kill the game’. Football is top of the league as a target for match-fixing.
