Ex-Premier League player questioned by Swedish detectives over alleged involvement in major match-fixing scandal

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A former Premier League player is at the centre of an investigation into a major match-fixing scandal in European football.

The player, who played for three top-flight clubs, was voluntarily interviewed by police in Sweden over match-fixing claims that saw the Gothenburg vs AIK Stockholm match suspended in May.

According to The Times, the ex-star, who was working as a football agent after ending his playing career at AIK, was interviewed under caution by detectives from a special sports crime unit.

Gothenburg vs AIK Stockholm was due to take place in May but was called off at short notice. Now detectives have interviewed a former Premier League player over claims of match-fixing

Prosecutors are expected to announce whether there will be any charges in a few weeks' time.

The Swedish Allsvenskan fixture was called off at short notice after goalkeeper Kenny Stamatopoulos alerted authorities he had been approached by a former AIK team-mate two days before the match and offered a large sum of money - reported to be around £180,000 - to underperform.

Canada international Stamatopoulos was the reserve goalkeeper but was called up following an injury to the first choice.

Hakan Sjostrand, the secretary general of the Swedish Football Association, told The Times: 'It was a mixture of money and concrete threats, special circumstances that convinced me we cannot play this match.

'We needed to protect this goalkeeper - what would happen if he made a mistake. This was important for the game and the reputation of football.

'It is not football that creates this match-fixing problem, it is betting.'

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