Premier League star at center of ‘Albanian mafia’ betting scandal
Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka's yellow card against Leeds United in the Premier League has become the focus of a criminal investigation Read Full Article at RT.com
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Arsenal's Granit Xhaka has been named in reports of alleged betting irregularities
Investigators probing a yellow card that Granit Xhaka received for Arsenal against Leeds United last season are also looking into an alleged criminal conspiracy which involves a former professional already convicted of match-fixing and the Albanian mafia.
The English Football Association (FA) launched an inquiry after being made aware of suspicious betting patterns towards the close of Arsenal's 3-1 win over the Yorkshiremen at Elland Road.
In total, there was an alleged £52,000 ($63,000) gambled on Xhaka being booked in the last 10 minutes of the December 2021 win for the Gunners.
On 86 minutes, Xhaka went in referee Andre Marriner's book for timewasting before taking a free kick, despite Arsenal having a comfortable lead.
Xhaka took around between 10 and 15 seconds standing over the ball, and the Daily Mail revealed in June how the inquiry had been passed on to the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA).
The Xhaka card vs Leeds is a lot more sus on his part than the referees imo. Always going to get booked for that and zero reason to be time wasting at 4-1 with 5 mins left.. #Xhaka #AFC #LUFC pic.twitter.com/nwi7Itz6MN
— JP
