Bung scandal overblown says Keegan

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GLASGOW (AFP) — Former England boss Kevin Keegan said the bung scandal engulfing English football was a storm in a tea cup. Though Keegan managed Newcastle, Fulham and Manchester United in a high-profile career he said he never once came across irregular payments in more than 13 years in management.

The 55-year-old also believes the claims made in the BBC Panorama programme `Undercover: Football's Dirty Secrets' lack substance. Speaking at his new football centre near Glasgow, Keegan said: "I have been asked about bungs and I can honestly say that, in all my time in the game, I have never experienced it myself. "When I heard about the Panorama programme, I thought `Right, I'll watch this' but, to be honest, there was not so much in there. "There was a lot of talk and a lot...