Hasselbaink said that he had been approached by undercover reporters purporting to be players’ agents but denied any accusations of wrongdoing Richard Sellers/PAQueens Park Rangers will launch an internal investigation into allegations made against their manager, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, that he asked for £55,000 to represent a football agency. The Sky Bet Championship club said that they had full confidence in their manager after a new wave of allegations in The Daily Telegraph. It also alleged that Barnsley’s assistant manager, Tommy Wright, took a £5,000 payment from undercover reporters to place players at his club, and that the Leeds United owner, Massimo Cellino, suggested a way of bypassing third-party ownership rules to individuals posing as potential investors. Hasselbaink, the former Holland striker,…

Source: The Times September 28, 2016 23:26 UTC