10 of possibly most corrupt footballers of all time

Modified Feb 23, 2017 16:25 GMT

BOLOGNA, ITALY - JUNE 20: Former Italy and Lazio striker Giuseppe 'Beppe' Signori attends a press conference with his attorneys, at Savoia Hotel on June 20, 2011 in Bologna, Italy. The press conference comes in the wake of match-fixing allegations leveled at Signori and 15 others. (Photo by Mario Carlini / Iguana Press/Getty Images) — Signori was found guilty in the Calcioscommesse scandal along with 15 other people

#3 Jean-Jacques Eydelie

Eydelie bribed Valenciennes players to go easy on Marseille (image credits: Outsider-mag)

Olympic Marseille signed the French midfielder in the summer of 1992, to reinforce a squad that was chasing their fifth consecutive league title. Eydelie, to his credit, had a fantastic debut season along the likes of Marcel Desailly, Didier Deschamps and Rudi Voller.

Their star-studded squad raced to the French title and then went on to beat Fabio Capello’s AC Milan to win the inaugural Champions League.

Ahead of Marseille’s final league game against Valenciennes, Eydelie was ordered by chairman, Bernard Tapie, to bribe three opposition players (Jorge Burruchaga, Christophe Robert and Jacques Glassman) to go easy on the French giants – to make sure they were injury free going into their mammoth clash with AC Milan.

Eydelie negotiated the deal with the Valenciennes players, which included former teammates of his, in a deal that was believed to amount to £30,000. Once the allegations came to light, Marseille were stripped of their domestic title and Eydelie was handed a one year ban by FIFA, along with a suspended jail sentence.

Edited by Staff Editor