Lord Stevens inquiry

5 clubs and seventeen transfers.

Will he ever just bloody name them?

Cech , Essien + Drogbas signings .. Pini Zhavi (spel?)

you cant make this up !

I'm guessing Idan Tal's and Tevez's tranfers will be in there as well.

mihawkavelli wrote:Cech , Essien + Drogbas signings .. Pini Zhavi (spel?)

you cant make this up !

Where does it name them?

If so we should have the Championship from 2005/2006.

Parks lives wrote:

mihawkavelli wrote:Cech , Essien Drogbas signings .. Pini Zhavi (spel?)

you cant make this up !

Where does it name them?

If so we should have the Championship from 2005/2006.

Sky Sports News

Essien , Drogba and Cech , the signings were dodgy.


Chelsea, Newcastle, Bolton, Portsmouth and Middlesbrough were all named as having breached transfer regulations.

Five clubs named in Stevens probe

Seventeen transfers and five clubs have been named in Lord Stevens' findings from his inquiry into alleged illegal payments by Premier League clubs.

Chelsea, Newcastle, Bolton, Portsmouth and Middlesbrough were all named as having breached transfer regulations.

The clubs face a further investigation from the Football Association but it is understood Newcastle and Bolton are viewed as the most serious miscreants.

Stevens has also expressed concern about 15 agents and two managers.

One is Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce, and a conflict of interest with his former agent son Craig and Bolton Wanderers.

The other is Graeme Souness, with with Stevens reporting "inconsistencies in evidence" provided by the former Newcastle manager and Kenneth Shepherd, son of Magpies chairman Freddy Shepherd.

Of the 17 transfers, four relate to Newcastle signings (Emre Belozoglu, Jean Alain Boumsong, Amady Faye, Albert Luque), four to Bolton (Ali Al-Habsi, Tal Ben Haim, Blessing Kaku, Julio Correia), three to Chelsea (Didier Drogba, Petr Cech, Michael Essien), three to Portsmouth (Collins Mbesuma, Benjani Mwaruwari, Aliou Cisse) and two to Middlesbrough (Aiyegbeni Yakubu and Fabio Rochemback) while one transfer has not been disclosed.

Lord Stevens said in a statement: "Many lessons have been learned and strict adherence to and enforcement of the recommendations should ensure that the game and the transfer market can proceed in an untainted and transparent manner."

The Premier League will now send the findings to the FA and Fifa.

Bloody hell - Drogba, Cech and Essien!! That's 3 players out of there top 5.

What exactly are they going to do about it?

Chelsea

They should give all 5 clubs a ten point deduction for the coming season

Wasn't chelsea under probation (?). 1 more offence & they would get a serious punishment.

jonathan de guzman wrote:Wasn't chelsea under probation (?). 1 more offence & they would get a serious punishment.

If they don't get a points deduction, something is wrong.

& I'm not just saying that because we would benifit either.

Tweedle wrote:Chelsea

They should give all 5 clubs a ten point deduction for the coming season

Go further.

You can have the league title for 2004/2005 & we can have the league title for 2005/2006.

Chelsea to the championship I say and we want the rhineland!

There will be no points deduction, just fines.

Kimbo wrote:There will be no points deduction, just fines.

Maybe for the other 4 (they will be heavy fines considering the Tevez situation) however if you have prior warnings then it will be further punishment.

There should be points deductions, I guess it depends on the severity.

Kimbo wrote:There will be no points deduction, just fines.

I'm not intersted in seeing NUFC punished. But Chelski have been reprimanded for fishy actions before. If they just get a slap on the wrist again, it would be a disgrace

According to NUFC the report says we've done nothing wrong.

http://www.nufc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10278~1053548,00.html

"The report makes clear that Newcastle United officials have done nothing wrong and have at all times offered their full cooperation, willingly providing full access to all documentation and information requested by the Inquiry team."

Kimbo wrote:According to NUFC the report says we've done nothing wrong.

http://www.nufc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10278~1053548,00.html

"The report makes clear that Newcastle United officials have done nothing wrong and have at all times offered their full cooperation, willingly providing full access to all documentation and information requested by the Inquiry team."

I wonder why..

Kimbo wrote:According to NUFC the report says we've done nothing wrong.

http://www.nufc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10278~1053548,00.html

"The report makes clear that Newcastle United officials have done nothing wrong and have at all times offered their full cooperation, willingly providing full access to all documentation and information requested by the Inquiry team."

you can jump on the pointy deduction bandwagon then

Well timed move by Allardyce there

Luis wrote:

Kimbo wrote:According to NUFC the report says we've done nothing wrong.

http://www.nufc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10278~1053548,00.html

"The report makes clear that Newcastle United officials have done nothing wrong and have at all times offered their full cooperation, willingly providing full access to all documentation and information requested by the Inquiry team."

I wonder why..

It isn't a denial, they are saying that the report says they've done nothing wrong, there's a difference.

Well it is denial, you're denying you've done anything wrong

Luis wrote:Well it is denial, you're denying you've done anything wrong

Yes, because the report apparently says we've done nothing wrong. God you're an idiot.

Kimbo wrote:

Luis wrote:Well it is denial, you're denying you've done anything wrong

Yes, because the report apparently says we've done nothing wrong. God you're an idiot.

So how is that not denial?

Luis wrote:

Kimbo wrote:

Luis wrote:Well it is denial, you're denying you've done anything wrong

Yes, because the report apparently says we've done nothing wrong. God you're an idiot.

So how is that not denial?

Because sherlock, they not saying 'we haven't done anything wrong', they're saying 'the report sayings we haven't done anything wrong'.

Kimbo wrote:

Luis wrote:

Kimbo wrote:

Luis wrote:Well it is denial, you're denying you've done anything wrong

Yes, because the report apparently says we've done nothing wrong. God you're an idiot.

So how is that not denial?

Because sherlock, they not saying 'we haven't done anything wrong', they're saying 'the report sayings we haven't done anything wrong'.

WTF Kimbo, just admit it's denial

Luis wrote:

Kimbo wrote:

Luis wrote:

Kimbo wrote:

Luis wrote:Well it is denial, you're denying you've done anything wrong

Yes, because the report apparently says we've done nothing wrong. God you're an idiot.

So how is that not denial?

Because sherlock, they not saying 'we haven't done anything wrong', they're saying 'the report sayings we haven't done anything wrong'.

WTF Kimbo, just admit it's denial

You're an idiot.

heres the copy from bbc sport




Five clubs named in Stevens probe
Lord Stevens
Lord Stevens began his inquiry into corruption in March 2006
Seventeen transfers and five clubs have been named in Lord Stevens' findings from his inquiry into alleged illegal payments by Premier League clubs.

Chelsea, Newcastle, Bolton, Portsmouth and Middlesbrough were all named as having breached transfer regulations.

The clubs face a further investigation from the Football Association but it is understood Newcastle and Bolton are viewed as the most serious miscreants.

Stevens has also expressed concern about 15 agents and two managers.

One is Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce, and a conflict of interest with his former agent son Craig and Bolton Wanderers.

The other is Graeme Souness, with with Stevens reporting "inconsistencies in evidence" provided by the former Newcastle manager and Kenneth Shepherd, son of Magpies chairman Freddy Shepherd.

Of the 17 transfers, four relate to Newcastle signings (Emre Belozoglu, Jean Alain Boumsong, Amady Faye, Albert Luque), four to Bolton (Ali Al-Habsi, Tal Ben Haim, Blessing Kaku, Julio Correia), three to Chelsea (Didier Drogba, Petr Cech, Michael Essien), three to Portsmouth (Collins Mbesuma, Benjani Mwaruwari, Aliou Cisse) and two to Middlesbrough (Aiyegbeni Yakubu and Fabio Rochemback) while one transfer has not been disclosed.

Lord Stevens said in a statement: "Many lessons have been learned and strict adherence to and enforcement of the recommendations should ensure that the game and the transfer market can proceed in an untainted and transparent manner."

The Premier League will now send the findings to the FA and Fifa.

An FA spokesman said: "Following the final report of the Premier League's Quest Inquiry, the FA will give full consideration to its contents and the documentation that is due to be passed on by the Premier League and Quest.

"The FA has provided full co-operation and support to the Premier League and Quest and will now go through their information as part of our governance and regulation process. This will determine what action is required."




It says that Newcastle is one of the worse offenders in this mess.

@ luis

Its not denial - the NUFC website is mrely confirming that NUFC are not to blame, they are merely 'involved' - its probably the agents that are to blame