Undercover: Football's dirty secrets
Luton Town manager Mike Newell
A football manager has publicly named two agents who attempted to bribe him.
Luton Town manager Mike Newell says freelance football agent Charles Collymore and his assistant Mark Wilson offered him a cut of a player's fee they were attempting to negotiate.
Mike Newell rejected the offer and reported the agents to the Football Association.
In undercover filming, Mr Collymore told the BBC up to eight premiership managers who would accept bungs.
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Collymore made the allegation to a UEFA-licensed coach Knut Auf dem Berge who worked undercover for Panorama for nine months on an investigation into corruption in football which will be shown tomorrow night.
But Collymore denies offering or accepting any bungs and says he gave Knut Auf dem Berge false information because he was suspicious of his agenda.
Mike Newell met with the Football Association in January to discuss his allegations that transfer bungs are rife in football.
Lord Stevens, the former Metropolitan Police Commissioner, has been appointed as head of a Premier League probe into alleged transfer bungs.
He will look at irregular payments in transfer deals made since January 1 2004. He is expected to publish his findings imminently.
# Undercover: Football's Dirty Secrets will be broadcast on Tuesday 19 September at 2100 BST on BBC One. Unfortunately due to rights' issues, we are unable to stream this film live on the website but should be able to offer a slightly different version on demand.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/panorama/5358136.stm
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Apparently on the BBC tonight the show 'Panorama' will bring to light some secrets that could put many higher ups in English football under scrutiny by authorities. It even made news on a football show here in the United States, so perhaps this will be a big story. With all these ridiculous transfers of players such as Tevez and Mascherano to West Ham along with the Cole deal... there has got to be something going on under the London Bridge.
Luton Town manager Mike Newell
A football manager has publicly named two agents who attempted to bribe him.
Luton Town manager Mike Newell says freelance football agent Charles Collymore and his assistant Mark Wilson offered him a cut of a player's fee they were attempting to negotiate.
Mike Newell rejected the offer and reported the agents to the Football Association.
In undercover filming, Mr Collymore told the BBC up to eight premiership managers who would accept bungs.
Tell us what you think about this film and read messages from other viewers
Read the undercover coach's story
Collymore made the allegation to a UEFA-licensed coach Knut Auf dem Berge who worked undercover for Panorama for nine months on an investigation into corruption in football which will be shown tomorrow night.
But Collymore denies offering or accepting any bungs and says he gave Knut Auf dem Berge false information because he was suspicious of his agenda.
Mike Newell met with the Football Association in January to discuss his allegations that transfer bungs are rife in football.
Lord Stevens, the former Metropolitan Police Commissioner, has been appointed as head of a Premier League probe into alleged transfer bungs.
He will look at irregular payments in transfer deals made since January 1 2004. He is expected to publish his findings imminently.
# Undercover: Football's Dirty Secrets will be broadcast on Tuesday 19 September at 2100 BST on BBC One. Unfortunately due to rights' issues, we are unable to stream this film live on the website but should be able to offer a slightly different version on demand.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/panorama/5358136.stm
__________________
Apparently on the BBC tonight the show 'Panorama' will bring to light some secrets that could put many higher ups in English football under scrutiny by authorities. It even made news on a football show here in the United States, so perhaps this will be a big story. With all these ridiculous transfers of players such as Tevez and Mascherano to West Ham along with the Cole deal... there has got to be something going on under the London Bridge.
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