Stevens inquiry - 17 transfers, 5 clubs named

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

Bolton
Ali Al-Habsi
Tal Ben Haim
Blessing Kaku
Julio Correia

Chelsea
Didier Drogba
Petr Cech
Michael Essien

Middlesbrough
Yakubu
Fabio Rochemback

Newcastle
Emre Belozoglu
Jean-Alain Boumsong
Amady Faye
Albert Luque

Portsmouth
Collins Mbesuma
Benjani Mwaruwari
Aliou Cisse

Stevens has expressed concern about 15 agents (who were probably involved in all the above transfer deals) and 2 managers - Sam Allardyce and Graeme Souness.

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so what does this mean for the teams involved and Sam Allardyce?

[Razzle Dazzle]

think its safe to say theres a good chance that tevez is the unamed transfer? the only reason i can think of not naming someone is due to the hearing on monday

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It probably means nothing for the teams involved.

This is a quote from the report:
"The Clubs, Club officials and players listed below all co-operated fully with the Inquiry and provided full documentation (including bank statements where requested). There is no evidence of any irregular payments to Club officials or players and they are identified here only as a consequence of the outstanding issues the Inquiry has with the agents identified."

The clubs seem to be the innocent parties in all this. It's the agents and managers who have been named who will have something to worry about, particularly Allardyce.

Glad to see Peter Harrison is one of the agents named. He was the one in that Panorama programme who was pimping one of Boro's youth players around the Premiership.

[Razzle Dazzle]

im pretty sure harry redknapp knew what was going on, he is as bent as they come. not sure how he hasnt been named lol

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dazthehammer said:

im pretty sure harry redknapp knew what was going on, he is as bent as they come. not sure how he hasnt been named lol

I was just saying the same thing to my uncle...

It would also explain why he seemingly wants to get Yakubu back for £12m...