Ex-Barnsley assistant Tommy Wright charged with bribery offences

By PA Sport

Image: Former Barnsley assistant Tommy Wright has been charged with two counts of accepting a bribe

Barnsley's former assistant manager Tommy Wright has been charged with bribery offences, the City of London Police said.

The 52-year-old has been charged with two counts of accepting a bribe, the force said in a statement released on Friday.

Giuseppe Pagliara, 62, and Dax Price, 47, were both charged with two counts of paying and facilitating a bribe.

The pair will appear alongside Wright at Westminster Magistrates' Court on September 24.

In the statement, the force said: "In September 2016, the City of London Police were provided information by a national newspaper about various football agents who were thought to be facilitating bribes with individuals at football clubs, between May and September 2016.

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"The information was reviewed by detectives and a criminal investigation was launched in November 2016.

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"The three men were interviewed on a voluntary basis between December 2016 and April 2017."

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