Big Sam in hot water?

[TightEnd]

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[TightEnd]

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink of QPR is filmed negotiating a £55k fee to work for agency which wanted to sell players to his club.

(isn't this arrangement what Fergie had with his son Mark's company?)

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[Karabiner]

On the subject of the FA's due diligence re. Big Sam:

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/the-17-suspicious-premier-league-transfers-that-fifa-and-the-fa-failed-to-investigate-a7335916.html

[RickBFA]

I guess this is just the start of the revelations. I wonder who will be up next?

[hhyftrftdr]

I guess this is just the start of the revelations. I wonder who will be up next?

Clattenburg

[bobby1]

Redknapp and Warnock must be favs in the 'who are the 8 Prem managers' market?

[RickBFA]

Redknapp and Warnock must be favs in the 'who are the 8 Prem managers' market?

Yep, what do you think the price of someone like Fergie would be in that market?

[tikay]

This is a strange one, it suggests Mr Allardyce was an investor in a property/hotel deal in Newcastle, & among his co-investors were 2 England players, Rooney & Hart.

I would hope he withdrew from that when appointed England Manager, as it would have made his position as "selector" a little awkward, to say the least.


http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/business/business-news/revealed-hotel-backed-sam-allardyce-11952558

[bobby1]

Redknapp and Warnock must be favs in the 'who are the 8 Prem managers' market?

Yep, what do you think the price of someone like Fergie would be in that market?

Well that transfer of Bebe to Man Utd stank didn't it. His value went thru the roof in a year and his agent got about 3 million out of a transfer fee of about 8 million. Fergie admitted he had never seen him play and he clearly wasn't a Premier lge standard player.

[Doobs]

This is a strange one, it suggests Mr Allardyce was an investor in a property/hotel deal in Newcastle, & among his co-investors were 2 England players, Rooney & Hart.

I would hope he withdrew from that when appointed England Manager, as it would have made his position as "selector" a little awkward, to say the least.


http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/business/business-news/revealed-hotel-backed-sam-allardyce-11952558

as the comments section says

If it looks dodgy, it probably is, if a journalist can get information from the public domain, why cant HMRC or the SFO.

Meh, it is little different from us taking 5% shares in Camel for WCOOP.  How does the hotel investment affect the likelihood of Rooney getting picked?  I just don't see it at all. 


 

[Doobs]

Redknapp and Warnock must be favs in the 'who are the 8 Prem managers' market?

Yep, what do you think the price of someone like Fergie would be in that market?

Well that transfer of Bebe to Man Utd stank didn't it. His value went thru the roof in a year and his agent got about 3 million out of a transfer fee of about 8 million. Fergie admitted he had never seen him play and he clearly wasn't a Premier lge standard player.

I thought of Fergie straight away too.  He probably doesn't have the leverage to put people off printing stories that he once did.

[tikay]

This is a strange one, it suggests Mr Allardyce was an investor in a property/hotel deal in Newcastle, & among his co-investors were 2 England players, Rooney & Hart.

I would hope he withdrew from that when appointed England Manager, as it would have made his position as "selector" a little awkward, to say the least.


http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/business/business-news/revealed-hotel-backed-sam-allardyce-11952558

as the comments section says

If it looks dodgy, it probably is, if a journalist can get information from the public domain, why cant HMRC or the SFO.

Meh, it is little different from us taking 5% shares in Camel for WCOOP.  How does the hotel investment affect the likelihood of Rooney getting picked?  I just don't see it at all. 


 

Not sure I agree with that Doobs, the Hotel deal is almost certainly a good investment.

[Doobs]

This is a strange one, it suggests Mr Allardyce was an investor in a property/hotel deal in Newcastle, & among his co-investors were 2 England players, Rooney & Hart.

I would hope he withdrew from that when appointed England Manager, as it would have made his position as "selector" a little awkward, to say the least.


http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/business/business-news/revealed-hotel-backed-sam-allardyce-11952558

as the comments section says

If it looks dodgy, it probably is, if a journalist can get information from the public domain, why cant HMRC or the SFO.

Meh, it is little different from us taking 5% shares in Camel for WCOOP.  How does the hotel investment affect the likelihood of Rooney getting picked?  I just don't see it at all. 


 

Not sure I agree with that Doobs, the Hotel deal is almost certainly a good investment.

v good, unfortunately spoilt a little bit by Camel making us some money on our investment.

[rfgqqabc]

If Fergie gets named it's a terrible day for football. He did come to mind too, always been a few questions in my mind after the Rio and Jaap Stam incidents.

[Archer]

If Fergie gets named it's a terrible day for football. He did come to mind too, always been a few questions in my mind after the Rio and Jaap Stam incidents.

He has a colourful history. Just on the agent thing alone Ferguson vowed he would never speak to the BBC after a 2004 documentary made allegations about his son, Jason, who is a football agent. Accusing the broadcaster of "breathtaking arrogance" Ferguson said: "They did a story about my son that was whole lot of nonsense. It all made-up stuff and 'brown paper bags' and all that kind of carry-on. It was a horrible attack on my son's honour and he should never have been accused of that. But it is such a huge organisation that they will never apologise."