It Looks Like ‘Bungs’ will be part of our Working Vocabulary for a while

In somewhat predictable fashion, the fallout has begun after a BBC program last revealed that 18 past or present Premier League managers received bungs – kickbacks that facilitate the transfer of a player from one club to another. The main target of the program was Bolton Wanderers manager Sam Allardyce, who two agents say was a bungmaster extraordinaire thanks in part to having a son who happens to be an agent.

The reaction to all this falls into those who are determined to rid the sport of the toxic bung problem and those who are denying it even exists. The FA and the Premier League say they fully intend to launch an investigation into the matter. So will Bolton, who are the ones with perhaps the most to lose from the whole affair if Allardyce is as sketchy in real life as he made out to be in the program.

Meanwhile, England’s League Managers Association has come out fighting against what it sees as the BBC’s shoddy and speculative journalism. For his part, Allardyce denies any wrongdoing and has instructed his lawyer to take legal action to protect his (relatively) good name. Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp, also named in the program as a bunghole, denies that he is a Richard Nixon.

Managers aren’t the only ones being fingered. Middlesbrough is less than pleased with an agent who was trying to pimp out the young stud Nathan Porritt to Chelsea and Liverpool.

This is just day one of Bunggate and if you know anything about the British media you know that it is only going to get a lot worse before it gets any better.

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Category: English Premier League

Tags: Bolton Wanderers, Bungs, English Premier League, Harry Redknapp, Middelesbrough, Nathan Porritt, Portsmouth, Sam Allardyce

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