Atalanta’s Andrea Masiello has been arrested in a new probe into match-fixing in Italian football.

Bari prosecutors had ordered an investigation into match-fixing involving the city’s club following new evidence that players were paid bribes to help determine the outcome of various matches.

Masiello, a defender, was arrested at his home in Bergamo and taken to Bari for questioning.

He later admitted to have scored an own goal in a 2-0 defeat top Lecce in return for €50,000.

He spent three years at Bari before joining Atalanta last year.

Two other men, Giovanni Carella and Fabio Giacobbe, who were friends of Masiello and placed bets, were also arrested.

Prosecutors are looking into five Bari matches from the last two seasons and are investigating nine ex-Bari players, including Masiello. In total 20 people are being investigated.

As well as Masiello, Daniele Portanova, Alessandro Parisi, Simone Bentivolgio, Marco Rossi, Abdelkader Ghezzal, now at Levante, Marco Esposito, Antonio Bellavista and Nicola Belmonte are under investigation.