Sam Allardyce Told Undercover Reporters How to Bypass FA Player-Transfer Rules

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Published: September 26, 2016

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Sam Allardyce has resigned as England manager after undercover reporters filmed him dismissing the FA's rules on third-party player ownership and labelling them as "ridiculous."

The FA announced the parting of ways on Tuesday after a report from the Telegraph on Monday revealed Allardyce told reporters posing as representatives from "a Far East firm that was hoping to profit from the Premier League’s billion-pound transfer market" that "you can still get around" FA rules banning third-party ownership, which were introduced in 2008.

Kaveh Solhekol of Sky Sports reported that he was given a list of seven managers who "fear they've been stung by Telegraph just like [Allardyce]," noting it contained five English and two former international managers.

Allardyce also negotiated a £400,000 deal to be an ambassador for the "businessmen" and agreed to travel to Singapore and Hong Kong as part of the role.

The FA asked to see the Telegraph's recordings, and FA chairman Greg Clarke said everything needed to be known before any decision could be made on the issue, per the Times (via BBC Sport):

I want all the facts, to hear everything from everyone and make a judgement about what to do. Natural justice requires us to get to the bottom of the issues before we make any decision. It is not appropriate to pre-judge the issue. With things like this you have to take a deep breath.



The 61-year-old Allardyce, who was appointed England's boss on July 22, made the comments before he took a training session—he has subsequently overseen one match, a 1-0 win over Slovakia in a FIFA World Cup qualifier.

According to the Telegraph's report, Allardyce also labelled his predecessor in the England job, Roy Hodgson, as "Woy" and said he was "too indecisive" as the Three Lions crashed out of the summer's UEFA European Football Championship in France at the hands of Ic...
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