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Club raided in corruption probe | Club raided in corruption probe |
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Police investigating corruption within professional football have raided a Premier League club. | Police investigating corruption within professional football have raided a Premier League club. |
Officers swooped at Birmingham City FC earlier in an "ongoing investigation into football corruption", City of London Police said. | |
A spokeswoman said it was not linked to the Lord Stevens inquiry into transfers and illegal payments to agents. | |
The club said the raid related to a police inquiry into "an unconnected third party or third parties". | |
It said no-one connected with the club had been questioned or arrested. | It said no-one connected with the club had been questioned or arrested. |
Lord Stevens published his report last year in which he highlighted concerns about 17 transfer deals involving Premier League clubs. | |
His inquiry concentrated mainly on illicit payments to agents. |