Victor Chandler: "We broke no rules"
Earlier this week the English Football Association said it will investigate claims that a number of Premier League managers and players placed wagers on Premiership matches. This was spurred when a former employee of Victor Chandler, the Gibraltar-based online bookmaker, made claims that some Premier League players and managers had made many hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of bets. He also claimed that one high-profile Premier League manager makes dozens of phone bets per day and is almost �500,000 worse off for his picks.
Victor Chandler quickly sought to block public knowledge of the football figures involved, and a British High Court order granted Wednesday prohibits the names of the managers being revealed. Now Max Clifford, Victor Chandler's publicist, says on that the managers had done nothing wrong.
?There?s a court order, basically a gagging order, all agreed (Thursday) night. None of them have bet on anything about themselves. No one has broken any rules; no one has done anything to compromise their position.?
Under FA rules, Managers may bet on soccer events that are not connected to their competitions. Clifford went on to say that he believed just two Premier League managers were involved. The UK Media has reported allegations have been made against four.
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