Quote Originally Posted by jon1959 View Post
Except, whether he said that or not, he was sacked for something completely different that was investigated by the FA 3 years ago - and no further action was required then.

This is a real mess.

It looks as if the FA has boxed itself into a corner with the Aluko allegations and so has decided to sack Sampson for something unrelated. But something they had already looked into and given him an amber if not green light. Claiming that further details of this historic event have now come to light is desperate. The FA are in a hole and still digging - and making themselves look more stupid and incompetent by the day.

Sampson may or may not be a wrong 'un - but this sacking looks 100% political to get the media and others off the FAs back.
Pretty clear to me that the FA ordered an investigation into him to appear transparent (remember he was England manager at the time) and then decided not to do anything about it/not bother to read it.

The last investigation didn't interview any of the players accusing Sampson, so the whole thing has been handled extremely poorly, shockingly.

The rumours are on twitter as well. Also, Daniel Taylor has written this:

https://www.theguardian.com/football...-daniel-taylor