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Krueger: Black allegations do not directly affect Southampton

Allegations made against Eric Black by the Telegraph are a "personal issue" and do not directly affect Southampton, says Ralph Krueger.

Southampton chairman Ralph Krueger has distanced the club from corruption allegations made by the Daily Telegraph against assistant first-team manager Eric Black,

Black was filmed by an undercover reporter from the newspaper purporting to be a member of a Far East investment firm and the former Scotland international appeared to suggest a colleague from a different club might be able to pass on information about players for payment.

Such payments are prohibited by the Football Association and Southampton released a statement on Thursday pledging to investigate "any situation that directly or indirectly relates to our club, employees or the wider community".