Adelaide United interim coach Mike Valkanis believes A-League clear of match fixing Adelaide United interim coach Michael Valkanis doesn't think match fixing is a problem in the A-League. Picture: Mark Brake Source: The Advertiser ADELAIDE United interim coach Mike Valkanis said he walked away from Greek football because of corruption but declared there was no evidence to suggest the A-League is tarnished by match-fixing. Valkanis, now 38, had a career spanning spent six years in Greek football before returning to Australia to join Adelaide City in 2002. He said match-fixing was talked about regularly but he had never personally been approached to organise a pre-planned result after playing more than 100 games in Greece. "Definitely not here (match-fixing)," Valkanis said at Hindmarsh Stadium today before preparing the Reds for the Melbourne Victory clash at home tomorrow night. Overseas it was obviously a problem, even in Greece, in those sorts of countries but here no. In Greece there was that sort of stuff happening and it was one of the reasons why in the end I decided (to) come back. I had enough of that sort of stuff and hearing what could be happening behind the scenes. It's just not sport, that's not why you play sport - you play sport to win. In 2011, 70 people were named in a match-fixing scandal, including two presidents of Greek clubs. They were charged with illegal gambling, fraud, extortion and money laundering. Greek clubs Volos and Kavala were eventually relegated and their chairmen banned for life after the match-fixing scandal.