Southampton assistant Black named in newspaper probe


Football Soccer - Aston Villa v AFC Bournemouth - Barclays Premier League - Villa Park - 15/16 - 9/4/16 Aston Villa's interim manager Eric Black Reuters / Darren Staples

LONDON (Reuters) - Southampton have vowed to work closely with the FA and Premier League after the club's assistant manager Eric Black was named in the newspaper investigation that has seen England manager Sam Allardyce and Barnsley assistant Tommy Wright lose their jobs.

The Daily Telegraph reported on Thursday that Black, 52, met a bogus representative of a Far East firm on Sept. 2 at a hotel in Hampshire who said he was interested in English football's billion-pound transfer market.

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