Dig deep, Scudamore tells Stevens

21 december 2006, 11:10

Koen Freriks

Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore has urged Lord Stevens to "get to the bottom" of the transfers he is still investigating as soon as possible.

Lord Stevens found no evidence of illegal payments at the end of a nine-month probe into football's so-called bung culture. But although Stevens' Quest team have cleared 345 of the 362 transfer they were charged with investigating they have asked for more time to look into the remaining 17.

"He (Stevens) has to carry on and get absolutely to the bottom of them (the 17 transfers)," Scudamore told BBC Radio Four. "I have no idea of timescale but the sooner it is the better. I certainly don't have any idea of cost either but we have not come this far without wanting it done completely and properly."