We're not dodgy

[Kenneth]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6755991.stm

Five clubs named in Stevens probe

Lord Stevens began his inquiry into corruption in March 2006
Seventeen transfers and five Premier League clubs have been named in Lord Stevens' final report into alleged transfer irregularities.
Deals involving Chelsea, Middlesbrough, Bolton, Portsmouth and Newcastle have been highlighted in the report.

They may face a further FA probe but there is no evidence of irregular payments to club officials or players.

Stevens has also expressed concern about 15 agents and managers Sam Allardyce and Graeme Souness.

There was a perceived conflict of interest with Newcastle boss Allardyce and his former agent son Craig and Bolton Wanderers.

Stevens also reported "inconsistencies in evidence" provided by the former Newcastle manager Souness and Kenneth Shepherd, son of Magpies chairman Freddy Shepherd.

Of the 17 transfers, four relate to Newcastle signings (Emre Belozoglu, Jean Alain Boumsong, Amady Faye, Albert Luque), four to Bolton (Ali Al-Habsi, Tal Ben Haim, Blessing Kaku, Julio Correia), three to Chelsea (Didier Drogba, Petr Cech, Michael Essien), three to Portsmouth (Collins Mbesuma, Benjani Mwaruwari, Aliou Cisse) and two to Middlesbrough (Aiyegbeni Yakubu and Fabio Rochemback) while one transfer has not been disclosed.

Lord Stevens said in a statement: "Many lessons have been learned and strict adherence to and enforcement of the recommendations should ensure that the game and the transfer market can proceed in an untainted and transparent manner."

The Premier League will now send the findings to the FA and Fifa.

An FA spokesman said: "Following the final report of the Premier League's Quest Inquiry, the FA will give full consideration to its contents and the documentation that is due to be passed on by the Premier League and Quest.

"The FA has provided full co-operation and support to the Premier League and Quest and will now go through their information as part of our governance and regulation process. This will determine what action is required."




I was half expecting us to be named in this. Guess we could be involved in the last one that hasn't been disclosed.

[Dero]

Sack Parry

[SouthAfricaRed]

Ok we must be Stupid then ....

Emile Heskey £11,000,000
Chris Kirkland £6,000,000
Bruno Cheyrou £3,700,000
Salif Diao £4,700,000
El Hadji Diouf £10,000,000
Djibril Cisse £14,500,000

£50,000,000

[Rhys]

Ok we must be Stupid then ....

Emile Heskey £11,000,000
Chris Kirkland £6,000,000
Bruno Cheyrou £3,700,000
Salif Diao £4,700,000
El Hadji Diouf £10,000,000
Djibril Cisse £14,500,000

£50,000,000

= kaka........supposably

[retroquestions]

Salif Diao £4,700,000

Can anyone STILL believe we paid this amount for this bloody player? I think we got stung even more than Southampton did when they took on George Weahs 'cousin' on trial and then actually brought him on for 20 mins and took him off again after only minutes a few years back!

[thesilverfoxlfc]

Werent we dodgy with Ziege??

[Darth Marty]

ah man, in my opinion Diao wasnt as bad as that...he was played outta position, not played at all, injured.....he had a **** time here, I thought that he had promise....reckon ged ****ed his career up more than anything else. Kirkland is still young for a keeper and if he sorts his injuries out can still be englands best keeper, heskey was good, just lacked mental toughness, cheyrou and diouf were/are ****ing useless and were, for me, the 2 worst signings in that time. Cisse. Well Cisse...i still hold out hope for Djib, I like the guys spirit and I think he could be a very good striker.
Its not as if the guy didnt do anything for 3 years...he did have 2 ****ing career threatening injuries during that time.
He had it rough and I dont think he had a fair crack at it ya know. Good luck to Djib I say.

[Dero]

I thought Diao cost 5.5mil

[Reds08]

Five clubs named in Stevens probe

Lord Stevens began his inquiry into corruption in March 2006
Seventeen transfers and five Premier League clubs have been named in Lord Stevens' final report into alleged transfer irregularities.
Deals involving Chelsea, Middlesbrough, Bolton, Portsmouth and Newcastle have been highlighted in the report.

They may face a further FA probe but there is no evidence of irregular payments to club officials or players.

Stevens has also expressed concern about 15 agents and managers Sam Allardyce and Graeme Souness.

There was a perceived conflict of interest with Newcastle boss Allardyce and his former agent son Craig and Bolton Wanderers.

Stevens also reported "inconsistencies in evidence" provided by the former Newcastle manager Souness and Kenneth Shepherd, son of Magpies chairman Freddy Shepherd.

Of the 17 transfers, four relate to Newcastle signings (Emre Belozoglu, Jean Alain Boumsong, Amady Faye, Albert Luque), four to Bolton (Ali Al-Habsi, Tal Ben Haim, Blessing Kaku, Julio Correia), three to Chelsea (Didier Drogba, Petr Cech, Michael Essien), three to Portsmouth (Collins Mbesuma, Benjani Mwaruwari, Aliou Cisse) and two to Middlesbrough (Aiyegbeni Yakubu and Fabio Rochemback) while one transfer has not been disclosed.

Lord Stevens said in a statement: "Many lessons have been learned and strict adherence to and enforcement of the recommendations should ensure that the game and the transfer market can proceed in an untainted and transparent manner."

The Premier League will now send the findings to the FA and Fifa.

An FA spokesman said: "Following the final report of the Premier League's Quest Inquiry, the FA will give full consideration to its contents and the documentation that is due to be passed on by the Premier League and Quest.

"The FA has provided full co-operation and support to the Premier League and Quest and will now go through their information as part of our governance and regulation process. This will determine what action is required."




I was half expecting us to be named in this. Guess we could be involved in the last one that hasn't been disclosed.

YES! Get in.