English football's principal stakeholders issued a joint statement on Wednesday night insisting they will investigate 'any substantive allegations' of corruption in the game.
The Daily Telegraph followed its Sam Allardyce sting with a series of unsubstantiated claims by some dubious figures from the world of football agents about some so far unnamed Premier League managers taking bungs.
That sparked a response at Westminster with minister for sport Tracey Crouch demanding that 'all the evidence presented to them must be investigated'.
On Wednesday night a joint statement issued by the Football Association, the Premier League and the Football League said: 'English football takes the governance of the game extremely seriously with integrity being of paramount importance.