Liverpool pay City £1 million in "spy" settlement for hacking - biggest PL scandal

[FootballSense]

Suppression of a Scandal

Ollie Holt in The Mail, 29/09/19 said, " Hearing him (Barnes) on the radio made me feel uncomfortable..." This comment related to a recent tweet made by a PL player.

Why is the writer of this piece and many of his colleagues not more uncomfortable about what the top sports journalists in The Times said in 3 articles last week - a "staggering affair which could be among biggest scandals".

This scandal, it has been alleged at high levels, is that valuable intelligence and valuable confidential data on players was taken illegally by Liverpool FC employees from a major competitor.

Yet Holt and many of his ilk have not said one word.

It is apparent that this big news item is largely being suppressed by many in the media.

Conversely other stories are pushed and pushed from ever angle, even to the point of attacking a former England player because his perspective on a tweet is different.

It appears the media are only too happy to look the other way when it suits them.

 

[Machiavelli]

I think that's the point, it's only rumbling on in here, everybody else but The Times seems to have swept it under the carpet and according to the impartial BBC it never happened in the first place.

Having learned that I’m outraged.

 

[Centurions]

Having learned that I’m outraged.

I sense sarcasm...

;)

 

[bluemc1]

Can we not do full page spread in a paper like we did thanking Mancini
This one needs hammering home, we need it talked about

 

[Metalartin]

I don't think it's a matter of City getting anything out of it because the club accepted the settlement. For me it shouldn't be about the fans needing it to be talked about. The media wont trash Liverpool over this in the same way they would City, lets just be realistic about it. If we know they are biased hacks in the majority, how can we expect any different? Suarez real racism vs Bernardo white liberal sensationalism and the coverage of each by the same sources, tells a hidden story in itself. A story about our press, that's been repeating for some time.

What is important though, is that all of those organizations currently investigating Manchester City should be aware that this has gone mainstream now. So they can no longer ignore it and should be careful about dismissing this as "not important" after their justification for opening up their Man City investigations. These are the people who need to be making a massive deal about this, if they don't, questions need to be asked of them. If they decide that this is acceptable conduct by doing nothing.

 

[FrankSwift1]

Martin Samuel agrees with us.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...MN-not-hard-buy-Newcastle-just-need-300m.html

It has been alleged that Liverpool paid Manchester City £1m in 2013, following a complaint that City's scouting system had been hacked.

Strangely, the story flickered and died in little more than 24 hours. No outraged commentaries, no follow-ups, no widespread condemnation.

Michael Edwards, who was said to have accessed the Scout7 database, is not only still at Liverpool but has since been promoted, from head of performance and analysis to director of sport, where he does a brilliant job. Yet imagine if that had been reversed.

Imagine if City had been accused of hacking Liverpool's private files six years ago, shortly after Roberto Mancini landed their first title. It's fair to say we wouldn't have heard the last of it.

 

[moomba]

Martin Samuel agrees with us.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...MN-not-hard-buy-Newcastle-just-need-300m.html

It has been alleged that Liverpool paid Manchester City £1m in 2013, following a complaint that City's scouting system had been hacked.

Strangely, the story flickered and died in little more than 24 hours. No outraged commentaries, no follow-ups, no widespread condemnation.

Michael Edwards, who was said to have accessed the Scout7 database, is not only still at Liverpool but has since been promoted, from head of performance and analysis to director of sport, where he does a brilliant job. Yet imagine if that had been reversed.

Imagine if City had been accused of hacking Liverpool's private files six years ago, shortly after Roberto Mancini landed their first title. It's fair to say we wouldn't have heard the last of it.

Too true.

 

[Mr.Banks]

Martin Samuel agrees with us.


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...MN-not-hard-buy-Newcastle-just-need-300m.html

It has been alleged that Liverpool paid Manchester City £1m in 2013, following a complaint that City's scouting system had been hacked.

Strangely, the story flickered and died in little more than 24 hours. No outraged commentaries, no follow-ups, no widespread condemnation.

Michael Edwards, who was said to have accessed the Scout7 database, is not only still at Liverpool but has since been promoted, from head of performance and analysis to director of sport, where he does a brilliant job. Yet imagine if that had been reversed.

Imagine if City had been accused of hacking Liverpool's private files six years ago, shortly after Roberto Mancini landed their first title. It's fair to say we wouldn't have heard the last of it.

Is it me or is that piece in there by mistake?
It has no sub-heading and is tucked away inside his piece on the rugby world cup. Strange.

 

[eastmanc]

Is it me or is that piece in there by mistake?
It has no sub-heading and is tucked away inside his piece on the rugby world cup. Strange.

Don’t think it’s there by mistake, it’s probably the only way he could have got the story in, remember all journalists had been threatened by Liverpool, Martin Blackburn had said this. Martin Samuel was being clever by tucking the story away in another article.

 

[cheekybids]

Is there any links to the journalist who lost his job for criticising the Dippers, may be worth crowd funding to cover legal costs or maybe as Khsldoon said we have the best Lawyers, they could help him.