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Hasselbaink admits he was naive
- Updated: September 30, 2016
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has vehemently denied requesting a fee of £55,000 to work for a fake Far Eastern firm seeking to sell players to Queens Park Rangers, but does admit he was naive.
Hasselbaink was caught up in the Daily Telegraph’s “Football for Sale” scandal, which has rocked English football this week.
Secretly-filmed footage of Sam Allardyce appearing to make a variety of controversial comments cost him the England job after just 67 days, while QPR boss Hasselbaink is among other figures to have been filmed by undercover reporters as part of the investigation.
The Dutchman is alleged to have negotiated the fee to fly to the Far East and speak to investors in what proved to be a fictitious firm, which the newspaper says made clear it was interested in getting involved in player transfers.
When asked in an exclusive interview with Sky Sports News HQ whether he had regrets, Hasselbaink said: “Big time. Big time. You know you reflect, you think back and you criticise yourself and you must …
