Book description
Who controls football in Britain today? The FA? The clubs? The fans?
The shocking reality is that organised crime is moving in more
aggressively than a Wayne Rooney tackle and there's little the
authorities can do about it.
Football and Gangsters is a revealing investigation into how
organised crime has begun to take hold behind the scenes of
professional football. Michael Owen, Rio Ferdinand and Robbie Fowler
are just some of the sport's big names to have fallen foul of the
game's godfathers and paid the price. Their alarming stories are told here.
Criminal organisations have manoeuvred themselves into a position of
power in football. Drug dealers launder money by buying clubs;
hooligan gangs have muscled their way into the boardroom; and the
influence of Asian betting rings continues to grow. Through a series
of dangerous undercover investigations, along with interviews with
players, club officials, police and the underworld figures
responsible, the sensational evidence is laid bare in this book.
Former investigations editor at the
Sunday Mirror
, Graham Johnson is now a full-time crime writer and author of the
bestselling
Powder Wars
and
Druglord
.
