Former England manager Mark Sampson to file for wrongful dismissal - reports
ByEurosport
Updated 18/10/2017 at 17:49 GMT
The former manager of the England women's national team, Mark Sampson, will file a wrongful dimissal claim against the Football Association - according to reports.
The news comes just hours after a UK Government select committee hearing over the FA's treatment of Eni Aluko during Sampson's tenure as England manager.
Aluko was dropped from the England team shortly after answering an anonymous questionnaire about the culture within the national team set-up. But the FA stood by Sampson after it emerged that some of Aluko's concerns related to comments made by the manager.
In September Sampson was sacked by the FA, but the governing body cited a previous case as justification for his dismissal.
The case in question surrounded Sampson's "inappropriate and unacceptable" behaviour during his time coaching Bristol Academy. An FA assessment in 2015 ruled that Sampson did not pose a risk, but FA chiefs claimed they were only made away of the full details of the case shortly prior to the decision to remove Sampson from his position.
The full report of that [2014] investigation was only brought to the attention of the current FA leadership last week. It is our judgement that it revealed clear evidence of inappropriate and unacceptable behaviour by a coach. It is on this basis that we have acted quickly to agree a termination of Mark's contract.
On Wednesday of this week a Football Association statement apologised to England players Aluko and Drew Spence for being "subject to dicriminatory remarks made by an FA Employee".
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