Great manager, but I think the revelations about his finacial affairs were the first time I had ever realised some of the “dark practices” taking place in football.
Mihir Bose alledged that some huge percentage of the wages that Crystal Palace were paying their players, actually went straight to a Venables owned company. After he left as England manager, and became involved in Portsmouth , similar concerns were raised about half a dozen Australian players who joined the club, but never got anywhere near the first team.
Great manager, but I think the revelations about his finacial affairs were the first time I had ever realised some of the “dark practices” taking place in football.
Mihir Bose alledged that some huge percentage of the wages that Crystal Palace were paying their players, actually went straight to a Venables owned company. After he left as England manager, and became involved in Portsmouth , similar concerns were raised about half a dozen Australian players who joined the club, but never got anywhere near the first team.
He was disqualified from being a director in England because of the dodgy shit he did at Spurs. He was a fraud, a con man, a terrible manager.