Several years ago Luke Heighton, an investigative journalist at the Telegraph, contacted the Football is Fixed Network to inform us that a British football agent who was banned worldwide for mafia linkages in Italy was representing four members of the England Women's football team.
This was against the terms of his ban but Heighton told us that his report was being blocked from being published by his newspaper for unknown reasons.
We can now reveal that the story was blocked by a Scottish football agent who also happens to oversee an organised crime group.
So a story linking UK football to mafia influence was squashed by mafia influence.
Throughout the current tournament the Guardian newspaper has acted as a promotional mouthpiece for this agent as he consolidates the brand of Lauren James who was given privileged coverage in the paper both before and after her red card against Nigeria.
But more egregious still is the corruption within the tournament in favour of England from the draw structure to the selection of referees.
Being on the easy side of the draw is a massive benefit in all tournaments like the World Cup and the Euros (Men and Women).
England's route to the Final of the Women's World Cup 2023 has been facile compared to Spain's.
But the primary issue is that of referee selection.
Given the immensely close links between football and corruption on the opposite sides of the Atlantic, it is an outrage that England have been given American referees for Quarter Final, Semi Final and Final.
This is unprecedented and Spain should complain to FIFA.
And the selection of accommodating referees is key as the Lionesses have been overly physical in the knockout phase of the tournament receiving the only red card (Lauren James) in the latter stages and kicking Australia off the park.
The closeness of corruption in football in UK and US is marked.
Two of the four most problematical football agencies corrupting football via matchfixing in England are American
There are increasingly close ties between English bookmakers and the American underworld.
Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea, Leeds United, Burnley and Bournemouth (among others) have US ownership.
The linkages between problematical referees on both sides of the pond is robust with Peter Walton and Howard Webb having oscillated between the territories.
And, on a separate matter, only four countries in Europe have political prisoners - Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and England - where Julian Assange rots in Belmarsh awaiting extradition to the US for the crime of being a journalist exposing American war crimes.
We have been informed that the rogue agent who squashed the story about mafia linkage is paying 'bribes' to get Lauren James picked to start for England in the Final.
This is not a fairy story.
It is a squalid promotion of a team backed by systemic corruption.
Vamos Espagne.
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