Sevilla defender Kike Salas under investigation over yellow cards The Sevilla defender Kike Salas has been arrested by police for allegedly deliberately getting booked so that his friends could win bets.
An ongoing investigation led by the Spanish police alleges that two friends of the Sevilla defender made around €10,000 in little over a month betting on Salas getting yellow cards, according to reports of a story first broken by El Confidencial.
Salas was booked 10 times last season, seven of them in the club’s final nine games, at a time when Sevilla, who had pulled away from the relegation zone and into safety, had nothing to play for.
Having served that ban he was booked in five of the final six games, with yellow cards shown in minutes 94, 88, 94, 45 (+2) and 36.
According to Spanish law and the rules of the football federation he could face the loss of his licence for two to five years and a jail sentence between six months and three years, as well as a fine between €3,006 and €30,051 (£25,275).
