English football '100% clean' - Wenger

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English football '100% clean' - Wenger

Published: 8 Feb 2013 at 21.44
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger on Friday said he believed that English football was "100 percent clean" but admitted that he was shocked at the extent of the match-fixing claims in the European game.

Arsenal's French manager Arsene Wenger looks on before the Premier League match between Southampton and Arsenal at St Mary's Stadium in Southampton, southern England on January 1, 2013. Wenger on Friday said he believed that English football was "100 percent clean" but admitted that he was shocked at the extent of the match-fixing claims in the European game.

"I don't think at all it (match-fixing) is a problem in the English game," he was quoted as saying on the Arsenal website arsenal.com in the wake of Europol claims this week about 380 suspect matches across Europe and 300 more across the world.

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Discussion 3 : 09 Feb 2013 at 22.243
Why be shocked, match fixing as been discovered going back as far as The Greeks, 3500 years ago.
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Discussion 2 : 09 Feb 2013 at 05.082
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"That's why it's maybe a shock for us because we are convinced we live in a world in England where it's not a perfect world but I don't think cheating or match-fixing is a problem..."

It's only a problem when you get caught. LOL!
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Discussion 1 : 08 Feb 2013 at 23.181
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Yeah, just like cycling, US sports, Euro sports. Come up with something real!
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