Bastia president arrested in financial probe

The Corsican outfit, who sit bottom of the French top flight after taking just 14 points from their first 17 games, are the subject of a probe from the state prosecutor that relates to the funding of an artificial pitch for the club's youth side based in the town of Borgo.

Bastia have denied any wrongdoing and stressed that no irregular cash flow had been generated by the installation of the pitch, however, they revealed that Geronimi had appeared before the prosecutor on Tuesday.

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