adminLONDON. — A group of footballers suspected of being involved in match-fixing are playing at English clubs with the knowledge of the Football Association.Following a lengthy investigation by the Daily Mail into alleged fixing in the Conference South in the 2012-13 season, and into subsequent match-fixing in Australia, top officials from the FA have admitted for the first time they have a “watch list” of active players “of interest” who, for various reasons, they cannot prevent playing.
More than a dozen alleged fixers could be playing in England, according to law enforcement and football integrity sources. The FA will not put a figure on the number.
The players involved are at clubs in the lower reaches of the Football League and in non-League football, yet their CVs show that their former employers range from leading London Premier League clubs to smaller sides across the south.
None of the those on the watch list can be named for legal reasons; not one has been charged or convicted with any fixing offence, hence the FA’s inability to stop them playing. — Mailonline.
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