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 | Premier League players may be involved in match fixing. Their names and rates were discovered by the Swedish police unit working on the Etuhu case.29-12-2025 |
Premier League players may be involved in match fixing. This was stated by Fredrik Gardare, who headed the Swedish police unit for combating organized crime in sports.
Gardare`s previous cases included an 18-month investigation in which former Manchester City midfielder Dixon Etuhu was accused of bribery for attempting to fix matches in Sweden. The player was found guilty and suspended from football activities in Sweden for 5 years.
Gardare`s latest investigation led to a raid on an illegal casino in late 2021 to catch match-fixers. As a result, several phones were seized. One of them was reported to have uncovered extensive evidence related to the Telegram app, in which players collaborated with criminals to fix matches in European leagues, including international Nations League matches.
According to Gardare, several Premier League players were involved in similar activities. However, the Stockholm police and the Swedish police department decided not to continue the investigation. This was the last investigation of the Gardare unit before it was disbanded. However, he still wants to understand the reasons for its closure.
The case was a high priority for me and I assigned my entire team to investigate this matter. But at the same time, in December of the same year, the police said: We are done with this.
We also communicated directly to the Swedish Football Federation and said: This is serious. I hope they called the FA, but I don`t know.
This is important both for Swedish football and for football in a number of countries. It is important for England and all world football to stop match fixing.
[Several Premier League players were found on the phone. They bet on yellow cards, corners and other aspects of matches. This phone is either with the Stockholm police or the national police.
I`ve worked on hundreds of match fixing cases and this was the most obvious case of all. Nothing could be easier than finding a seized mobile phone. This is a great opportunity to do something about it, ” Gardare said.
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