Palios

Personally, though, I rankle at their constant use of the word “affair” regarding Sven and Palios.

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Personally, though, I rankle at their constant use of the word “affair” regarding Sven and Palios.

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When Palios took over in July 2003, the FA was in serious financial trouble.

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The FA cleared Palios of wrongdoing but called an emergency meeting for Thursday to decide Eriksson's fate, prompting expectation the Swede could be sacked for misleading his employers over the affair.

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But in another twist, on Sunday the News of the World printed transcripts of a phone conversation with Gibson in which he offered the paper full details of Eriksson's affair on the condition that Palios was kept out.

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You might barely recognise Palios, and have little idea what his job at the FA entailed.

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Palios apart, the present scandal has also damaged the reputation of the FA and called into question whether those who remain are up to the task.

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Palios also soothed the club versus country row which crippled his predecessor Adam Crozier and led to serious problems between Sven-Goran Eriksson and some Premiership managers.

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These messages additionally revealed that Alam, 38, previously had a fling with Palios, a divorced footballer-turned-accountant brought in last year to turn around the fortunes of the ailing FA.

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Palios, a financial trouble-shooter for much of his business career, stemmed the losses and made the most of revenue sources.

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