Daily Mail

Nothing wrong with my Wray deal, says Itoje

- DANIEL MATTHEWS

MARO ITOJE has defended going into business with Saracens owner Nigel Wray, insisting the club are doing everything ‘above board’ As revealed by Sportsmail, multi-millionair­e Wray owns businesses with Owen Farrell, Billy and Mako Vunipola and Richard Wiggleswor­th and has owned houses with former Saracens players England lock Itoje has owned a property management company with Wray since 2016 Accounts show that it held more than £800,000 in ‘tangible assets’ in 2018 Four members of Itoje’s family stand to benefit from profits as shareholde­rs in a related company Itoje told Sportsmail: ‘I think everything that’s happened is above board I don’t think we’ve ever tried to hide anything I think Saracens are a club who really look after thier players and back up what they say They’re a great club to be part of ’ Other clubs have called for an investigat­ion into whether Saracens broke the £7million salary cap Wray, who is worth £315m, has denied any wrongdoing and said there was no obligation to declare his business arrangemen­ts with players to Premiershi­p Rugby Ltd but that he had done so

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