Friends of Sevilla centre-back win €9,000 betting on yellow cards
Kike Salas faces criminal and sports justice; suspicious bets on cards he saw at the end of last season; already integrated and training
Sevilla central defender Kike Salas , who was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly causing yellow cards, is said to have ‘given’ 9 thousand euros to people in his group of friends, who bet on him in conjunction with the player, last season .
In addition to Salas, 22, two other people were also arrested. The newspaper El Confidencial, which broke the news on Tuesday, reported that the central defender appeared in court, invoked his right not to testify and handed over his mobile phone to be cloned.
The same source publishes the money won by Kike Salas ‘ friends in bets on his yellow cards, stating that they won at least 9 thousand euros with illegal bets.
Kike Salas has received 11 yellow cards in the 2023/24 season. Of these, he has received 7 in the last 8 matches, making him the player with the most yellow cards in that period.
Allegedly, Kike Salas, who has a contract with Sevilla until 2029 and a salary of 360 thousand euros per year, agreed to force yellow cards so that his friends could place bets knowing in advance what was going to happen on the pitch.
Bookmakers raised the alarm after detecting “unusual money movements”.
If criminal behaviour is proven, a conviction for fraud could result in a prison sentence of between six months and three years. La Liga has announced that it will assist the prosecution in the proceedings resulting from the investigation, meaning the defender is likely to receive a sporting punishment.
