Despite being a lifelong Leeds United fan, I love the game of football. The business of football is a different matter entirely.
Ever since the Daily Telegraph’s exposure of now former England football manager Sam Allardyce’s comments to undercover journalists about how to get around the U.K. Football Association’s (FA’s) and FIFA’s rules on third-party ownership, it has revealed a string of other misdemeanours. The Telegraph began its corruption-in-football investigation last year, when it received information that “specific managers, officials, and agents were taking or receiving cash payments to secure player transfers.” Just a few days ago, the results of this investigation disclosed a string of more than 10 serious examples of corruption over a period of just four days.
