November 28, 200718 yr Premiership boss Harry Redknapp arrested in football bungs probe Last updated at 18:31pm on 28th November 2007 Police today arrested premiership manager Harry Redknapp after a high-profile operation into corruption in the game. The Portsmouth manager, who has been linked to the England manager's job, was seized in a pre-dawn raid along with Leicester chairman Milan Mandaric. Rangers midfielder Amdy Faye, agent Willie McKay and Portsmouth chief executive Peter Storrie were also held as 60 officers searched eight addresses across the UK. Scroll down for more ... Arrested: Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp, who is the leading English contender to replace sacked Steve McClaren as national coach Tonight Portsmouth confirmed Redknapp and Storrie were among the five men arrested by anti-corruption police. A team of detectives has been investigating allegations for more than a year, over claims that agents were paid bungs by high-ranking football managers. But the arrests are the first significant development in an inquiry which will now focus on the transfer of Faye from Auxerre to Portsmouth for £1.5million in 2005 and his subsequent move to Newcastle for £2m the following year. When Faye made the switch to Portsmouth, Mandaric was still the chairman at Fratton Park. The latest detentions come after the arrest in September of Tottenham defender Pascal Chimbonda. The 28-year-old French international moved to Spurs in a £4.5m transfer from Wigan in August of last year and was the first player to be held in the City of London police inquiry. Scroll down for more ... Arrested: Milan Mandaric, Amdy Faye and Willie McKay Ealier today police refused to give details of the identity of those being held, but gave their ages as 69, 60, 55, 48 and 30. A police spokeswoman said: "We can confirm that they have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and false accounting. "The arrests are part of the City of London police's investigation into football corruption." The City police's economic crime department launched the investigation, code-named Operation Apprentice, into alleged corruption in the sport more than a year ago. Two people have been held so far. As well as Chimbonda, who was arrested on suspicion of fraud, a 61-year old man has been held on suspicion of money laundering. Scroll down for more ... Tottenham's Pascal Chimbonda has already been arrested Both men are on police bail pending further inquiries. The investigation centres on alleged tax fraud and money laundering - which is believed to include claims of individuals taking back-handers in relation to transfers. Since the inquiry was launched, detectives have raided Newcastle, Portsmouth and Glasgow Rangers. Chimbonda's transfer was negotiated by McKay, who represents a number of top foreign players. A former bookie, McKay, has denied that he is being investigated by police and has said: "I think you will probably find when it all comes out, it will be nothing."
November 29, 200718 yr From the Saints forum, song for Saturday: Mad Milan and Harry the twitch will end up inside as somebody's bitch! :laugh3::laugh3::laugh3: Where's David ?
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