Two referees and the coach of Club Brugge were among 19 people charged by prosecutors in Belgium investigating match-fixing and allegations of corruption.

On Thursday, I reported in a News Shorts section that Belgian prosecutors had carried out raids and arrests across the country linked to investigations into fraud and match-fixing and now more details have been released.

44 clubs and homes across Belgium were raided on Wednesday with a further 13 searches taking place in France, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Montenegro, Serbia, and Macedonia with Belgium’s ‘big three’ (Anderlecht, Brugge, and Standard Lige) clubs targeted.

ivan leko 2
Club Brugge’s head coach Ivan Leko (C) and Lawyer Walter Van Steenbrugge leave the offices of the investigating judge, at the Justice Palace in Tongeren on October 11, 2018, as football clubs are investigated over alleged fraudulent transfers and match-fixing. – Police raids across Europe on October 10, 2018 sent shockwaves through Belgium’s top football league as prosecutors targeted the country’s biggest clubs over alleged fraudulent transfers and match-fixing. A total of 220 police officers carried out 44 house searches across Belgium and in France, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Montenegro, Serbia and Macedonia, Belgian prosecutors said. (Photo by NICOLAS MAETERLINCK / BELGA / AFP)

The charge sheet runs from criminal organisation to money laundering and corruption.

Club Brugge coach Ivan Leko, charged with money laundering, was released.

Latest Arsenal injury updates and news

“I will fight back,” he said. “I didn’t deserve this.”

Latest Arsenal injury updates and news