After all the fuss over the match fixing scandal over the last few days we’re starting to get a clearer picture of what’s going on.
The Debrecen goalkeeper Vukasin Poleksic was punished by UEFA in 2010 for failing to report approaches before their games against Liverpool and Fiorentina by people who wanted him to influence the outcome of the game. He was not found guilty of throwing the matches, just of failing to report the approach he received.
This was all acted upon by UEFA over two years ago and it is, in every sense of the phrase, old news.
Some of the headlines written over the last day or so have been deliberately misleading, softly suggesting Liverpool were involved, though the articles themselves have made it quite clear we’re not suspected of any wrongdoing.
The tabloid coverage today is minimal, especially in comparison to yesterday, so it looks like it’s been another case of connecting our name to a scandal to sell papers and then taking a big step backwards when the real story turns out to be far less interesting.
YNWA
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