This is a match from last year between Gais and IFK Värnamo in the Premier League. Three players in Värnamo should have been contacted by a former player and offered upwards of 300,000 dollars to the team would lose by two goals.
– I was pissed when I found out because I was thinking that this does not include football , says IFK Värnamo chairman Kaj Larsson.
Kaj Larsson has been the Chairman of Värnamo 15 years. When the players went to him and told him that they had been offered money to put themselves in the next league game, he reacted instantly.
– I contacted the Swedish Football Association, the police and the Swedish game immediately.
How did the players?
– They were scared and properly save. The course was threatened that if they did not do as they were asked so others would be connected, he says.
The players were approached both on the training ground and in their homes. Club Police
Kaj Larsson praises Värnamo player for his actions.
– We are more vigilant now. The guys who came to us in management have done really well and helped us in the lead.
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