Platini: Match-fixing football’s greatest “scourge” 14/12/2009 |
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Uefa president Michel Platini has called match-fixing “the main scourge” facing modern-day football.
His comments come in the wake of several high-profile scandals involving illegal betting on matches.
“If the result is known ahead of the game being played, then I might as well resign, you might as well resign and the spectators needn’t go to the match,” Platini said after a meeting of Uefa’s executive committee.
“The executive committee is very concerned. These manipulations are linked to betting and it’s a problem all around the world.
“We have warning systems in place, we know where the money is coming from and we have contacts with the police. I really believe that this is the main scourge we are facing in this decade.”
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