Thursday 14 February 2013 12:51, UK
Cagliari president Massimo Cellino was among three men arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into the construction of the Serie A club's Stadio Is Arenas, news agency ANSA has reported.
Thursday's high-profile arrests follow those of November when entrepreneur Antonio Grussu and councillors Pierpaolo Gessa and Andrea Masala were questioned about the construction of the Is Arenas. Cagliari left their previous Stadio Sant'Elia base during the final weeks of the 2011-12 season and played their remaining home games over 650 miles away at the Stadio Nereo Rocco in Trieste. Atalanta played behind closed doors in Cagliari's first home game of the current season but Roma were awarded a 3-0 walkover victory in September when Cellino defied orders to forbid fans from attending the next home game, with a match against Juventus being moved to Parma's Stadio Ennio Tardini in December. The Lega Serie A ordered Cagliari to host AC Milan at the Stadio Olimpico in Turin on Sunday but the Sardinian club successfully appealed against the decision.
