Former Man Utd manager Alex Ferguson fixed a football match with a corrupt agent who gave him a £30,000 gold Rolex, a court heard today.

Giuseppe ‘Pino’ Pagliara, 64, made the claims to an undercover reporter posing as a businesswoman looking to invest in football players, jurors were told.

He said the legendary manager fixed a champions league game against Italian giants Juventus and alleged Ferguson pocketed money from transfer deals.

“Towards the end of the meeting Pagliara launched into what could only be described as a diatribe of Sir Alex Ferguson, accusing him of having conspired with Pagliara to fix the result of a football match between Juventus, a club which Pagliara was associated with, and Manchester United in the Champions League for which Pagliara had thanked him with a gold 30 grand Rolex watch.

“Pagliara went on to accuse Sir Alex Ferguson of having taken money as part of transfer deals. He claimed that he had paid Ferguson before,” said the prosecutor.

Pagliara is on trial for bribery at Southwark Crown Court alongside assistant head coach of Barnsley Football Club Tommy Wright and fellow football agent Dax Price. All three deny the charges.

The trio were charged following allegations of corruption published by the Daily Telegraph in 2016, one of which led to Sam Allardyce resigning as England manager.

Pagliara claimed that ’99 per cent of the people in football, if they weren’t in football, would be selling second-hand cars’.

He also claimed he had ‘opened so many Swiss bank accounts for managers that you would not believe’.
“'You have to have an offshore account somewhere and that's where we do it. For example, Antonio Conte [then head coach at Chelsea] has winked at us and said, ‘Yeah, I want that player, is there a little coffee for me Pino?’”

“Yeah, that's what he'll say: yeah, of course, there is and now I'm negotiating a coffee as well and we are not talking about a double espresso.”

The trial continues.

Source: https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/sir-alex-ferguson-accused-fixing-20643613.amp

Asin Rolex that knows when christ is coming?

If he is found guilty Siasia kind of punishment should follow right away, if not then FiFA is APC in the Western world.


NB: Where is Osy Ukeje, that TV guy then??

This is what I tell people regularly. Some football results just cant be true to believe.

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Drake Marvin's room on play

I can't believe it


A whole Ferguson...it's a lie

Things are coming up against our papa. United how far?

no be sir Alex e don tay in that business no be today jor

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Lol. Europeans are more corrupt than Africans. The only difference is that they build their country

They should also investigate all the manutd matches officiated by Webb. Howard webb's retirement really finished Manu, look how they living now

This is logically the truth. Manutd under Ferguson flourished, not because of merit but due to bribery.
If you doubt it, why haven't they fared well since his departure?

Make I no talk wetin dey my mind first

Sir Fergie, wayo coach. The man Chelsea retired.

Our dear Siasia, please rejoice for you aren't alone. When proven to be true, I hope they hand over the same amount of punishment to sir Alex Ferguson

Hear both sides first

anything is possible

even Oga himself

It would be appalling if this is true because it would badly ruin Ferguson's reputation as one of the respected manager.

Okay

No! not my Ferguson

This one is going down is ready to take all his enemies down with him.
$30,000 for a whole Fergie?
Abeg!

Not a new thing.
I only pitied those betting.

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That why my bet9ja never pay till now, last week, na 3 games spoiled my 45million.

fergi time