Several players and Huesca's president arrested for alleged match-fixing LaLiga Seeking to gain a betting advantage

Spanish police have arrested as many as nine current and former football players in relation to an alleged match-fixing ring on Tuesday.

Two more players are expected to be detained, with Getafe attacking midfielder Samu Saiz being one of them.

According to COPE, the Spaniard was questioned by police in Ibiza, where he is currently on holiday.

Raul Bravo, Borja Fernandez, Carlos Aranda and Inigo Lopez are all investigated for possible match-fixing of three games from the first, second and third divisions in Spain.

As Servimedia informed, the police operation was launched after a LaLiga complaint was filed in May.

Huesca president Agustin Lasaosa, as well as the club's head of medical services, Juan Carlos Galindo, were also arrested and the detainees are accused of belonging to a criminal organisation, corruption and money laundering.

Police have revealed that a suspicious game - most probably between Huesca and Gimnastic de Tarragona - registered bets up to 14 times higher than usual.

"There are nine people in detention, as the operation is still open and is directed by the Huesca investigative court No.5, while the proceedings are secret and we cannot provide more information," said the police general director, Francisco Pardo.

"We are working on a very significant number of operations that have to do with these networks and they usually require a lot of work time and a lot of collaboration with LaLiga and the RFEF [Spanish Football Federation], but we are getting great results."

The detainees will spend 72 hours in the court, while Huesca's lawyer Pedro Camarero has claimed that the club are not concerned about the case.