Spanish doctor says he has received death threats

The doctor at the centre of a Spanish investigation into doping said he has received death threats. "I can't tell, I have received death threats," Spaniard Eufemiano Fuentes told French daily Le Monde in an answer to a question on whether he had worked for top soccer clubs.

"I was told that if I told certain things, my family and myself could have serious problems," he added. "I've been threatened three times and it's not going to happen a fourth time."

The current investigation is linked to cycling but Fuentes repeated in the interview that he had also worked for football clubs, athletes and tennis players.

"I worked with Spanish first and second division clubs," he told Le Monde.

"I worked with several clubs at the same time, sometimes directly with the players, sometimes by sharing my knowledge with the clubs' doctors.

"I had an offer from an Italian club but I turned it down," he said, refusing to name the club.