<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="629" border="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><div class="mxb"><div class="sh">Redknapp held in football inquiry </div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="width: 416px" valign="top"><font size="2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="203" align="right" border="0"><tbody><tr><td><div> <div class="cap">Redknapp has been manager of Portsmouth since December 2005</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>Five men have been arrested in connection with alleged corruption in football, police have said. Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp and chief executive Peter Storrie are among those held on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and false accounting. </p> Rangers player and Senegalese international Amdy Faye was also arrested in Glasgow. </p> The arrests are part of City of London Police's ongoing inquiry into alleged corruption, a spokeswoman said. </p> Police refused to give details of those arrested and would only confirm they were aged 69, 60, 55, 48 and 30. </p> The men were held as officers carried out raids on 12 locations across the country. Two of those searches are still ongoing. </p> Detectives from the economic crime unit of the City of London Police are investigating allegations of corruption within football and its impact on owners and shareholders. </p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="208" align="right" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="width: 5px"></td><td class="sibtbg"><div><div class="mva"> The club is fully supportive of Peter and Harry who are co-operating fully with City of London Police in this ongoing inquiry </div></div><div class="mva"><div>Portsmouth FC</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></p> In July, officers raided Newcastle United, Portsmouth and Rangers football clubs as part of the inquiry. </p> A spokesman for Portsmouth said on Wednesday that the club's chief executive and manager had "been asked to help police with their inquiries concerning a matter dating back to 2003". </p> "This was prior to the new owner taking control of the club at the beginning of 2006," he said. </p> "The club is fully supportive of Peter and Harry who are co-operating fully with City of London Police in this ongoing inquiry. </p> "Both are playing major roles in the continued success of Portsmouth Football Club." </p> Rangers FC have confirmed that a player has been arrested in a matter unconnected to the club. </p> Meanwhile, the BBC understands that Scottish football agent Willie McKay is one of the other men arrested. </p> Mr McKay oversaw Mr Faye's 2005 transfer from Portsmouth to Newcastle United for £2m. </p> Seven arrests </p> Last year, the Premier League asked former Metropolitan Police Commissioner Lord Stevens and his company, Quest, to carry out a separate inquiry into several hundred player transfer deals. </p> In June, Lord Stevens presented his final report, which highlighted concerns over 17 transfers and five Premier League clubs. </p> City of London Police have distanced their investigation from Lord Stevens' inquiry. </p> The latest arrests bring the total number of people detained in connection with the investigation to seven. </p> In September, a 28-year-old man was arrested in London and in May, a 61-year-old man was arrested in Manchester on suspicion of money laundering. </p></font></td></tr></tbody></table>
c-o-c-k My heart bleeds. Strange how he's been refusing to talk to the BBC for over a year now for having the cheek to suggest that he might have been involved. The cheek!!
RE: c-o-c-k nowt like bringing your own personal/work preducies into it but yeah correct, c*ck of the highest order. but not quite up there with Mandric. Its a toss up whether its war crimes or football corruption which will do for him, allegedly
RE: c-o-c-k It's not surprising really there's too much money sloshing around in the game. It has ruined the game in this country and I have just got sick of the whole set up.
