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German referee Felix\u00a0Zwayer, who once served a ban for alleged involvement in a match-fixing plot, will take charge of next week’s all-English Europa League final between Tottenham and Manchester United.<\/b><\/p>\n
Zwayer, now 43, was given a six-month suspension in 2006 after he was investigated for taking a \u00a3250 bribe from official Robert Hoyzer, who was subsequently handed a life ban.<\/p>\n
It emerged that Zwayer, who has denied wrongdoing, was one of the officials to notify the authorities of Hoyzer’s\u00a0match-fixing scheme and his relatively short ban was recognition of that.<\/p>\n
Since the ban was imposed, Zwayer has become one of Europe’s leading referees and officiated in Arsenal’s Champions League semi-final second leg defeat by Paris St-Germain\u00a0last\u00a0Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Zwayer also took charge of England’s European Championship semi-final victory over the Netherlands<\/a> last summer.<\/p>\n When England and Real Madrid star Jude Bellingham played for Borussia Dortmund, the midfielder was fined 40,000 euros<\/a> (\u00a334,000) in 2021 for criticising Zwayer by making a reference to his ban.<\/p>\n The Europa League final will be played in Bilbao on Wednesday, 21 May.<\/p>\n Bosnian Irfan\u00a0Peljto will referee Chelsea’s Conference League final against Real Betis on 28 May in Wroclaw, Poland.<\/p>\n Romanian Istvan\u00a0Kovacs\u00a0will take charge of the\u00a0Champions League final between PSG and Inter\u00a0Milan on 31 May in Munich, Germany.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n