‘Soccer bribers aimed to make £4m’

Former Leeds winger Tommy Wright accepted bribes to poach rising star Alfie Mawson for an illegal £4m profit in a ‘gentleman’s arrangement’ with corrupt agents caught on tape by a journalist, a court heard. Wright, 53, allegedly leaked insider tips about the contracts of then-Barnsley FC players Mawson, Conor Hourihane, Marley Watkins, and Mark Roberts while acting as assistant manager for the club. He faces two counts of accepting a bribe while football agents Giuseppe ‘Pino’ Pagliara, 64, and Dax…