Neville Kneville
Well-Known Member
A couple of points from a piece in the Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...eler-dealer-enjoys-trappings-self-wealth.html
'Allardyce started off in Ireland, as the boss of Limerick, before moving to Preston North End, Blackpool and Notts County, where in 1997 he signed a contract that saw the club paying him five percent of the 'profit' it made from selling players. 'I might as well have a slice of the deal,' he said.
That 'deal' proved particularly lucrative in 1999, when Allardyce sold Jermaine Pennant to Arsenal for £2million
It wasn't all plain sailing. In 2006, Allardyce and his football agent son, Craig, were implicated in a BBC Panorama documentary called Undercover: Football's Dirty Secrets.
The programme alleged that he had taken 'bungs' – or bribes – from certain agents for signing particular players.
He denied wrongdoing, and threatened to sue, only to decide against proceedings after taking legal advice.
An inquiry, published in June 2007, found no evidence of irregular payments, but said there may have been a 'conflict of interests' with the involvement of Craig Allardyce in a number of transfers.
In 2013, a year after guiding West Ham to the Premier League, he was named in connection with an HMRC investigation into a £450million tax scam, before being caught up in a £275million tax fraud involving a fake film company.
Last year, having joined Sunderland, he was revealed to be a brand ambassador for a football gambling firm called My Club Betting whose boss had taken a previous company into liquidation, costing investors up to £4m.
He swiftly parted company with the firm, saying he knew nothing of its past.
According to records at Companies House, Allardyce is a director of no fewer than 19 companies, of which nine have been dissolved
Most intriguing of all is a limited liability partnership called Proctor House Newcastle. This organisation, which appears to operate a boutique hotel in the north east, and lists assets of around £3.5million, has as business partners a string of high profile sportsmen, including footballers Darren Bent, Papiss Cisse, Ashley Cole, Sylvain Distin, football manager Roberto Martinez, and boxer Joe Calzaghe.
It also lists England players Wayne Rooney and Joe Hart as partners of Allardyce.
Quite what an England manager, who is supposed to make impartial decisions about whether to select Hart and Rooney, is doing in a business relationship with them is anyone's guess.
Perhaps the FA will now add it to the long and still-growing list of questions about the pursuit of 'extra money' that Big Sam must now address.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...eler-dealer-enjoys-trappings-self-wealth.html
'Allardyce started off in Ireland, as the boss of Limerick, before moving to Preston North End, Blackpool and Notts County, where in 1997 he signed a contract that saw the club paying him five percent of the 'profit' it made from selling players. 'I might as well have a slice of the deal,' he said.
That 'deal' proved particularly lucrative in 1999, when Allardyce sold Jermaine Pennant to Arsenal for £2million
It wasn't all plain sailing. In 2006, Allardyce and his football agent son, Craig, were implicated in a BBC Panorama documentary called Undercover: Football's Dirty Secrets.
The programme alleged that he had taken 'bungs' – or bribes – from certain agents for signing particular players.
He denied wrongdoing, and threatened to sue, only to decide against proceedings after taking legal advice.
An inquiry, published in June 2007, found no evidence of irregular payments, but said there may have been a 'conflict of interests' with the involvement of Craig Allardyce in a number of transfers.
In 2013, a year after guiding West Ham to the Premier League, he was named in connection with an HMRC investigation into a £450million tax scam, before being caught up in a £275million tax fraud involving a fake film company.
Last year, having joined Sunderland, he was revealed to be a brand ambassador for a football gambling firm called My Club Betting whose boss had taken a previous company into liquidation, costing investors up to £4m.
He swiftly parted company with the firm, saying he knew nothing of its past.
According to records at Companies House, Allardyce is a director of no fewer than 19 companies, of which nine have been dissolved
Most intriguing of all is a limited liability partnership called Proctor House Newcastle. This organisation, which appears to operate a boutique hotel in the north east, and lists assets of around £3.5million, has as business partners a string of high profile sportsmen, including footballers Darren Bent, Papiss Cisse, Ashley Cole, Sylvain Distin, football manager Roberto Martinez, and boxer Joe Calzaghe.
It also lists England players Wayne Rooney and Joe Hart as partners of Allardyce.
Quite what an England manager, who is supposed to make impartial decisions about whether to select Hart and Rooney, is doing in a business relationship with them is anyone's guess.
Perhaps the FA will now add it to the long and still-growing list of questions about the pursuit of 'extra money' that Big Sam must now address.