Sam Allardyce slams Gary Neville while being secretly filmed
England manager's job could be under threat.
England football boss Sam Allardyce's future in the job has been called into question after he was secretly filmed reportedly criticising Gary Neville, Roy Hodgson and making claims about getting around transfer rules.
In an investigation by the Telegraph, former Bolton boss Allardyce was filmed over a series of meetings.
Allardyce was recorded during a 10-month investigation that the newspapers claims "separately unearthed widespread evidence of bribery and corruption in British football''.
The Telegraph's video appears to show the England manager telling a fictitious businessesman how to circumvent FA third-party ownership laws and negotiate a £400,000 deal to address investors in a Far East firm.
He was captured appearing to tell reporters that it was "not a problem'' getting around FA rules that stop third parties "owning'' football players' economic rights. The controversial practice was banned by the FA in 2008 over concerns it compromised the integrity of the game, as the third party could profit whenever a player was sold.
When asked about the rules, Allardyce was filmed on a hidden camera apparently saying: It's not a problem.'' He added an unnamed group had beendoing it for years'' and "you can still get around it'', suggesting they employ the player's agents to compensate for the fact they are no longer allowed to profit from each transfer directly.
He added: "You get a percentage of the player's agent's fee that the agent pays to you, the company, because he's done that new deal at the club again or they sell him on, and you're not getting a part of the transfer fee any more, because you can't do that.
"But, you get - because of the size of the contracts now, the contract will be worth 30, 40million, at 10 per cent and you've done a deal with the agent where you're getting five per cent of the agent's fee, which is massive for doing about two hours' work.''
When speaking of Gary Neville's time as assistant with the national team, Allardyce says: "tell Gary Neville to sit down and shut up so you can do what you want."
View the video of Allardyce comments on Neville by clicking below: