Valencia threaten legal action against anyone linking them to match-fixing LaLiga Club have come out firing

Valencia have strongly denied any part in match-fixing after a number of players were arrested on Tuesday morning in relation to unusual betting patterns in games that date back to May 2018.

Valladolid's loss against Los Che on the final day of the recently finished LaLiga Santander season is subject to investigation for unusual gambling around it, while Borja Fernandez, who played from the start for Valladolid in his final game as a professional, is one of the players to have been detained.

But the Mestalla club are adamant that they had no knowledge or part in any untoward behaviour and have responded with a statement of their own.

The statement, in full, is as follows:

"In response to news reports published this Tuesday regarding the supposed involvement by players and directors of other clubs in illegal gambling and alleged match-fixing, Valencia CF - as an entity completely outside of this matter, wish to publicly warn that we will take the relevant legal action against the spreading of any unfounded rumour or story attempting to link our club to this case."

Valencia needed to win to secure Champions League football while Valladolid's survival was already confirmed, and Los Che earned a 2-0 victory.