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Football match-fixing: World Cup matches may have been rigged

The Telegraph was approached by an undercover investigator with links to Fifa, who had been gathering evidence against suspected Asian match fixers offering to operate in Britain.

During undercover meetings in Manchester earlier this month, the fixer told the former Fifa investigator that he could pay referees and players to manipulate the results of games.

However, during the course of the conversations about English matches, the fixer also said that he could rig matches “all over” the world, except in Singapore where the penalties are very high.

“I do Australia, Scotland. Ireland. Europe. World Cup. World Cup qualifier,” he said.

“What, the World Cup?”, asked the investigator.

“At least, at least 15,” the alleged fixer claimed.

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“I got team in Belgium. France as well I got,” said the alleged fixer.

“Good teams. Their country, most of these place their salaries are very low…Like Germany, the players, they pay high…France not so high. Very moderate. But Finland, Belgium, Sweden, all everybody all [earn] very less [sic]".

Match fixer alleges he could ‘do’ World Cup ties involving Scotland and Ireland if required

One of the alleged fixers claimed in a covertly recorded conversation that he had manipulated World Cup qualifiers and named Scotland and the Republic of Ireland among the countries he said he could “do” if required. Fifa vice-president Jim Boyce admitted he was “very, very concerned” about any suggestion World Cup matches might have been corrupted.