Sodje was red-carded in the 50th minute of a League One match while playing for Portsmouth against Oldham on February 23, 2013, after appearing to land a low blow on Lee Barnard
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Both players were arrested in December 2013 on suspicion of match-fixing following the publication of a newspaper investigation
Barrister Green of Whitworth & Green Solicitors, exclusively told The Eagle Online on Tuesday that the accused deserved fair hearing by a competent court and the process is already in place
According to the paper, Sodje, who once played in the Premier League for Reading and has won four caps for Nigeria, allegedly also boasted he had arranged for a fellow professional in the Championship, the second tier of the English game, to get a yellow card in return for tens of thousands of pounds, and that he could even rig top-flight fixtures
It comes after a Sunday newspaper alleged that the 33-year-old striker said he would be prepared to be paid to be booked during matches
The 34-year-old was unwittingly filmed by the Sun on Sunday revealing that he was paid £70,000 to get sent off in a League One match
The 34-year-old, who had a successful spell with the club last season, revealed that he is waiting for manager Guy Whittingham to table an offer