Soccer bribes gang walk free

Former Barnsley FC assistant coach Tommy Wright has been spared jail after being convicted of soccer corruption with a former Italian match fixer. Wright, 53, received a £5,000 bribe after a journalist set up a meeting with him during the Daily Telegraph’s ‘football for sale’ probe in September 2016. The money was paid in return for his help in persuading Barnsley to sign players which the reporter claimed she acted for Wright was working with two unregistered agents- Italian match…

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