Big Sam Allardyce hasn't had a great couple of days. He has lost his England job after being filmed by 'Telegraph' undercover reporters boasting about ways in which to evade the FA's rules on third party ownership in football (which is illegal). This included Allardyce inegotiating a £400,000 agreement which would have involved meeting a party interested in third-party ownership.
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And now one of the latest 'Telegraph' reports, falling around the same time as the reports that eight current or former Premier League managers may have financially benefitted from transfers (i.e. accepted 'bungs'), has alleged that an investigation was actually launched by Cardiff City into dealings involving themselves and West Ham United, who Allardyce then managed.
The Telegraph reports that an agent told Cardiff that Allardyce accepted a fee regarding the loan of Ravel Morrison to the club from West Ham in 2014.
Pino Pagliara, who is featured in the 'bungs' story discussing his reliance on the 'greed' of managers, was alleged to be the agent involved in the deal. Despite an investigation, however, it is reported that Cardiff did not "put the allegation to Allardyce" and didn't notify the police or the FA of the investigation.
Such a failure would be a breach of FA rules.
As the 'Telegraph' outlines, the FA will probably conduct an investigation into Cardiff's failure to report their suspicions - and this investigation will involve Sam Allardyce.
However, the 'Telegraph' says that even after an external investigator was tasked by Cardiff with looking into the Allardyce allegations, no evidence of payment being made to Allardyce was found.
The piece also discusses allegations that first surfaced in 2013 regarding a falling-out Allardyce had with Ravel Morrison that season due to alleged duress placed on Morrison by Allardyce to sign with Allardyce's agent, Mark Curtis. Allardyce has always denied the claims, as has Curtis.
