The Italian international and former Dortmund player Ciro Immobile (29) has apparently been targeted by the Spanish police for alleged involvement in illegal betting.
As the newspaper As reports with reference to official investigation documents that Immobile’s name appears in a conversation between Carlos Aranda, one of the main accused in the Spanish betting scandal about the first division team Real Valladolid, and the Italian Mattia Mariotti.
Aranda, who is now in custody together with the former Real Madrid professional Raul Bravo, tried to manipulate a game of the then Italian first division team Frosinone Calcio. According to the investigations, Mariotti was a confidant of Arandas.
Immobile, which plays with Lazio Rome, even as a regular guest in an illegal betting office Mariottis traffic and by the Italian also as special customer was pointed out to have.
As part of the manipulation scandal in Spanish football, the match between Valladolid and FC Valencia (0:2) was allegedly manipulated on the last matchday.
One investigator concluded that Aranda and Bravo had bet millions on agreed results.
The winnings were subsequently distributed among the players involved, with former Valladolid captain Borja Fernandez under particular suspicion.
With this victory, Valencia secured fourth place in the Primera Division and thus participation in the Champions League.
Both goals resulted from serious defensive errors. At the request of the relegated FC Girona, the Spanish association RFEF has meanwhile initiated an investigation against Valladolid.
In the event of a conviction, the club is threatened with forced descent.
