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'We’ll do everything to collaborate': Brazil legend Ronaldo welcomes match-fixing investigation at Real Valladolid

The La Liga club will do everything to assist authorities investigating alleged match-fixing, says owner Ronaldo.

BRAZIL GREAT AND Real Valladolid majority shareholder Ronaldo believes the investigation into alleged match-fixing in La Liga is a positive move.

Several arrests were made on Tuesday in Spain following an investigation into a group alleged to have taken part in match-fixing in an attempt to profit from betting.

Players from La Liga and Spain’s Segunda Division are reported to be have been detained – including former Valladolid player Borja Fernandez – while Huesca confirmed a number of executives and playing staff have appeared voluntarily as witnesses.

Six people are expected to appear before a judge on Thursday, while 15 others with “connections to football, sports betting and Huesca” are being investigated, according to Spain’s judicial body.

Ronaldo, who acquired a 51 per cent stake in Valladolid in September, has welcomed the investigation and says the club will do everything to aid it.

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“I hope Borja was not involved at all,” he told AS. “I think it’s good that it’s investigated because we should all want for there to be no corruption.

“Look, I’m from Brazil and over there we’ve got a tremendous amount of corruption.

“We support the investigation; we’ll do everything to collaborate and we’ll provide all the information we have.

“Nobody has called us yet. I haven’t been able to speak to Borja, or anyone. We can’t do anything more than wait for all this to be cleared up.”

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    Sep 26th 2011, 2:47 PM

    FAI TAKE NOTE!!

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    Sep 26th 2011, 4:12 PM

    Ah Patrick u beat me to it!!!!

    However Delaney and co won’t take heed and will continue to fleece the fans left and right.

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    Sep 26th 2011, 4:28 PM

    They’re still not exactly cheap, but anything is an improvement I suppose.

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    Sep 26th 2011, 7:37 PM

    And 3 years later the IRFU realises that the celtic tiger is long gone…

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    Sep 26th 2011, 9:26 PM

    While the FAI still have their heads up his arse!

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    Sep 26th 2011, 7:13 PM

    Your tickets are too expensive !

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