Thursday 29 September 2016 20:38, UK
The Football Association has requested "full and unfettered disclosure of all available material from the Daily Telegraph" following the numerous corruption allegations made by the newspaper.
The reports have led to Sam Allardyce losing his job as England manager and a new wave of allegations has now resulted in Barnsley terminating the contract of assistant head coach Tommy Wright.
A Daily Telegraph spokesperson has told the Press Association that it is their intention to release the information but that the police have asked to review it first.
Wright lost his job following the Daily Telegraph's claim that he took a £5,000 payment from undercover reporters posing as representatives of fake investors from the Far East.
And Allardyce was forced to give up the England job after only 67 days when the Telegraph released footage of him appearing to negotiate a £400,000 deal to give speeches to Asian investors in Hong Kong and Singapore.
Allardyce also suggested there were ways "to get around" the FA's "ridiculous" transfer rules.
The newspaper has published several other allegations over the last three days, including the claim that 10 unnamed managers have taken so-called 'bungs' in transfer deals.
The FA released a statement on Thursday night which read: "Since these allegations first came to light, The FA has been liaising with The Daily Telegraph and subsequently the City of London Police.
"The FA treats any allegations of this nature seriously and is committed to investigating them thoroughly, in conjunction with any other appropriate body.
"We have requested full and unfettered disclosure of all available material from the Daily Telegraph. This is yet to be provided.
"The FA wants to be in a position to investigate these matters fully at the earliest opportunity and to this end the FA will also be meeting with the City of London Police next week."
The LMA (League Managers Association) says it is "extremely concerned" about the reported corruption but said the investigation desired by the football authorities was "very disappointingly" being held up by the Telegraph.
The managers' trade union said: "We urge the Telegraph to provide full disclosure of all its information relating to the allegations, including all recordings, transcripts and full details of how the information was obtained, to the FA, immediately."
