Aluko makes new allegation against Sampson

Eni Aluko has alleged England Women manager Mark Sampson told her to make sure her Nigerian relatives did not bring the Ebola virus to a game at Wembley.

Striker Aluko last year made a series of allegations to the Football Association in a complaint about the behaviour of Sampson, who was subsequently cleared of racial discrimination, bullying and harassment following an independent inquiry commissioned by the FA.

It was reported last week that Aluko received a five-figure sum in an agreement to avoid disruption to England’s recent Women’s Euro 2017 preparations. The FA stressed this “mutual resolution” was not to prevent disclosure and that Aluko, who remains centrally contracted, was free to speak publicly about the matter. Yesterday, the 30-year-old made further claims when she spoke publicly about the matter for the first time.

She told BBC Sport: “He asked me, ‘Who’s coming to watch the game for you?’. I said, ‘I’ve got family flying in from Nigeria’. He said, ‘Well make sure they don’t come over with Ebola’.

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