Sam Allardyce ‘agreed £400k deal and offered advice on getting around FA rules’
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Updated 27/09/2016 at 19:11 GMT
England manager Sam Allardyce offered advice on how to get around FA rules after negotiating a £400,000 deal, according to The Telegraph.
Sam Allardyce glowers during England's game in Slovakia
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Late on Tuesday it was reported that Sam Allardyce had left his job as England manager after 67 days.
WHAT HAPPENED?
Allardyce disclosed information to undercover reporters, who were posing as businessmen interested in profiting from the Premier League’s transfer market.
He agreed to travel to Singapore and Hong Kong as an ambassador and explained to the businessmen how they could circumvent Football Association rules which prohibit third parties owning players.
Unbeknown to Allardyce, the businessmen were undercover reporters and he was being filmed as part of a 10-month Telegraph investigation that separately unearthed widespread evidence of bribery and corruption in British football.
Over the course of two meetings, lasting four hours in total, Allardyce told the fictitious businessmen that it was not a problem to bypass the rules introduced by his employers in 2008.
The Telegraph claims Allardyce agreed, in principle, to a £400,000-a-year deal to represent the fictitious company, which would see him head to the Far East four times a year to address investors.
"It’s not only the England manager,” the Telegraph quotes Allardyce as saying, "it’s the beauty of being a Premier League manager all them years like me… I have more pictures taken over there than I have here."
Allardyce also goes on to discuss predecessor Roy Hodgson, calling him 'Woy', before saying he would "send them [the players] all to sleep".
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