Wolves' Kenny Jackett keen to see end of corruption
Wolves head coach Kenny Jackett today admitted he cannot understand anyone fixing a football match as he joined calls to stamp out corruption in the game.
Oldham winger Cristian Montano, Blackburn's former Birmingham striker DJ Campbell and ex-Albion loan defender Sam Sodje have been released on bail until April along with Sodje's brothers Akpo – who plays for Tranmere – and Steve, who is a businessman, as part of a probe into match-fixing.
The sixth man arrested, Tranmere defender Ian Goodison, remains in custody.
Montano, 21, was filmed claiming he agreed to get himself booked in the first half of the League One game against Wolves in October in return for cash.
He was actually yellow carded in the second half. Wolves won 2-0.
But Jackett believes anyone involved in corruption should think twice because of the huge risks involved.
"The money is there to be earned if you're successful in our game, so I can't see why anyone would want to do it or take that type of risk," he said. "If he's 21, how many years of earning capacity is he risking by doing that?"
The Molineux head coach is keen for any corruption in the game to be stamped out.
"We want to eradicate it right the way through our game – there's no place for it," he said. "We must stamp it out. It's in the right hands now to look at it and to make the right call.
"You don't think those things will ever happen or be around in English football.
"Guilt or innocence aside, it's not something we want to stand for in football.
"We don't want any type of corruption and the PFA's comments are very good – about eradicating anything like that out of our game."
