Spygate playoff row deepens as Boro’s Hellberg labels Southampton ‘cheats’

‘It’s unfair, they saw everything’, says Boro managerSouthampton’s Eckert walks out after questioningSouthampton’s manager, Tonda Eckert, walked out of the post-match press conference at Middlesbrough on Saturday after repeatedly refusing to answer questions about allegations that one of his analysts had spied on Kim Hellberg’s training session last Thursday.Shortly afterwards Hellberg said his Middlesbrough team were victims of “cheating” in the lead-up to this vital Championship playoff semi-final first leg. Continue reading...

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