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Financial grief puts sport in a sorry state

CHRIS HEWETT

A few days ago, the proposed transfer of the Senegalese footballer Ismaila Sarr from Watford to Aston Villa disappeared down the same hole in the ground as an England team in a penalty shoot-out. Villa were willing to pay £25m, plus “add-ons”, for a player who is barely a household name in his own household, but walked away empty-handed. That’s football for you.
At precisely the same moment, Worcester Warriors were heading full-tilt towards administration and all the pain it would entail because Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, tired of waiting for settlement of a tax bill, ...

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