16 Quotes by Richard Scudamore

We believe that the solution they are trying to impose on us could seriously damage the game at all levels, harming fans and their communities.

There are people who work very hard and very correctly to make this fantastic game work in this country. I think we owe it to them to nail these allegations once and for all.

I am sure the inquiry will wish to speak to him and anybody else who has raised similar comments. There is a great deal of speculation regarding alleged irregular payments in transfer dealings. I cannot sit here yet with irrefutable proof it doesn't happen or that it does. That's why the inquiry has been called. We don't have the power to insist Sven-Goran Eriksson sits and talks to us but having said that I would imagine he has no reason not to.

It is not a knee-jerk reaction at all. We have our own business reputation to protect.

I think everyone has been taken aback by the sheer enormity of events following the Indian Ocean earthquake,

Mike has a duty to the game to tell us exactly what he knows and if there's been any wrongdoing going on we will chase it down - we will deal with it appropriately.

Those comments and those concerns have been addressed.

What I promise the game of football is that we will get to the bottom of this one way or the other.

There has been a consistency and a frequency of these allegations that have been swimming around. There's been an upping of the ante. There's been increased speculation. Clearly on Sunday there were further things that pointed to it.