Football corruption scandal: Eight Premier League managers have taken bungs for player transfers, latest revelations claim

EIGHT Premier League managers have been accused of receiving “bungs” for player transfers in another huge scandal for English football.

As Sam Allardyce last night lost his job as national team boss after just one game and 67 days in charge, it has now been revealed more may have questions to answer.

And it was reported Cardiff City FC investigated payments in a loan transfer of a player from West Ham when Allardyce was manager at the East London club.

Football agents have been filmed by undercover reporters claiming the eight current or recent top-flight managers and two from Championship clubs have taken backhanders.

Pino Pagliara, an unlicensed Italian agent banned from football for five years for match-fixing in 2005, was recorded naming the “bent” team bosses at a restaurant in Manchester.

He said: “There’s one thing I’ve always been able to rely on, and that is the greed of general managers.

"In football everything is underneath the table… I mastered that."
Mr Pagliara added one manager uses the code word “coffee” for taking money.

He said: “We know him very, very well. We do a transfer to [named club], [X] has winked at us and said yeah, I want the player. Is there a little coffee for me, Pino? Yeah, that’s what he will say. Yeah, course there is. I’ll negotiate that coffee as well.”

The agent even claimed the “coffee” manager had also fixed a match.

During his meetings with the undercover reporters from the Daily Telegraph at the San Carlo restaurant, Mr Pagliara said he felt like telling one manager he dealt with: “You’ve had more backhanders than Wimbledon.”

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Mr Pagliara has made various big deals in England, including bringing Fabrizio Ravanelli to Middlesbrough from Italian giants Juventus for £7million in 1996.