Friday briefing: Southampton intern says senior staff pressured him into spying missions

A Southampton FC intern told an independent commission that he felt pressured by senior club figures to attend opposition training sessions as part of a spying operation that led to the club’s exclusion from the Championship play-off final.

Written reasons published by the commission said the intern described “the pressure he was placed under” after being instructed to observe Middlesbrough FC and Oxford United training sessions. The panel said Southampton’s actions formed part of a “c