FA probes betting allegations
The Football Association is to investigate allegations a number of top-flight managers have laid bets on Premiership matches.
The claims have been made by a disgruntled former employee of offshore bookmakers Victor Chandler.
A British High Court injunction was granted last night, after an application by Victor Chandler’s lawyers, prohibiting the identification of the managers, and some players, named by the former employee.
FA rules explicitly forbid managers and players betting on competitions they are involved in.
An FA spokesman said: “We will investigate these reports to see if there has been any breach of our regulations and we would welcome any information that would help our inquiries.”
PR guru Max Clifford has been working on behalf of Gibraltar-based Victor Chandler.
Clifford said: “I am representing Victor Chandler as I have done for a number of years and he wants to maintain his clients’ right to privacy.
“We were at the High Court yesterday making sure no one could reveal their names.”
It has been reported that four Premiership managers are involved and one of them made bets totalling £12m (€17.9m) in one year alone, losing £415,000 (€619,100).
