the top players and millions. but, at the other end of the scale, players are paid just a few hundred pounds. the football industry worldwide is worth billions, and even in lower leagues, huge amounts can be made both legally and illegally. it can be big profits and buying and selling players but also through gambling. in the welsh premier league alone, £160 million is gambled on matches every year, and that s just the money we know about. more is gambled on black markets across the world. go! go! and it s money that can attract the wrong kind of people to the sport. i think it s fair to say that corruption has always been around football. kevin carpenter is a lawyer, specialising in sports integrity, and he has advised football authorities across europe. more specifically we are talking about match fixing, we re talking of money issues of conflicts of interest, bribery, so all those kinds of times, within this broad idea of corruption within football. with more money coming
club, ac milan. in order to make the plan work, they ve buying a club in italy where the players can fix. the deal is done. the next time he sees us, he s expecting us to show up with the cash. terry steen has worked as an investigator for fifa, with responsibility for rooting out corruption and fixing across the world. we asked him to examine our undercover footage. the fact they are there, they are listening and they are
football authorities across europe. more specifically we are talking about match fixing, we re talking of money issues of conflicts of interest, bribery, so all those kinds of times, within this broad idea of corruption within football. with more money coming in over the years, it is becoming more attractive to people wanting to make fast money, and of course you are thinking about things at the top level of the sport but when you get further down the levels that s when the further corruption seems to happen. and it is on one of those lower leagues that we get the tip. it is about a new striker playing for a club in wales. he sjust arrived in llanelli town from italy, and we were told he may have links with professional match fixes. foreign emile n goy is originally from the democratic republic of the congo, has played in france, portugal and italy. we have as two
undercoverjournalists italy. we have as two undercover journalists to italy. we have as two undercoverjournalists to make undercover journalists to make contact undercoverjournalists to make contact with emile, and they are hoping to meet him at a llanelli match. they exchanged phone numbers and meet again a few weeks later. the undercover journalist tells emile he is looking for investment opportunities for illicit black market funds. so, emile says he will talk to his brother about it. a week later, emile has news, he has trials at another club.