Sir Alex Ferguson allegedly fixed Man United v
Juventus match with an agent, who offered him a
£30,000 gold Rolex as reward, a court was told
today in United Kingdom.
According to UK Sun report, 64-year-old Giuseppe
“Pino” Pagliara revealed he acted as an undercover
journalist posing as a businesswoman keen on
investing football, jurors were informed.
The report further revealed that during the secret
meeting with Sir Alex, who was Man United boss
from 1986 to 2013, took money from transfer
deals, Southwark Crown Court heard.
In the secretly recorded meeting he also claimed
that Sir Alex , who managed United from 1986 to
2013, took money from transfer deals, Southwark
Crown Court heard.
Pagliara is accused of paying and facilitating a
bribe and denies all charges against him.
Prosecuting, Brian O’Neill QC said Pagliara and
fellow agent Dax Price tried to “impress” undercove
reporter Claire Newell by arranging meetings with
former England coach Steve McClaren, ex Spurs
boss Harry Redknapp and footballer Kanu.
‘Transfer FIXING’ CLAIMS
He said Pagliara claimed that “99 per cent of the
people in football if they weren’t in football would
be selling second-hand cars”.
Pagliara was said to be “furious” with Redknapp for
suggesting the reporter should buy a football club
instead of using a legal loophole to get around a
ban on third party ownership of players in England
during a meeting in July 2016, the court heard.
Describing another meeting, Mr O’Neill said:
“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 conspire
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.”
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