Football agent ‘had football managers on the payroll’

A football agent told an undercover journalist he had managers ‘on the payroll’ and said she would have to bribe Tommy Wright with a ‘carrier bag of cash’, a court heard. Wright, 53, allegedly accepted a £5,000 bung from the reporter during the Daily Telegraph’s ‘football for sale’ probe in 2016. The newspaper investigation led to Sam Allardyce, resigning from his position as the then manager of the England squad, Southwark Crown Court has heard. Former Leicester City and Leeds…