Sir Alex Ferguson accused of fixing manchester united match against juventus and was gifted a £30k gold rolex watch

A football agent accused of corruption claimed Sir Alex Ferguson conspired to fix a match between Manchester United and Juventus and was gifted for a £30,000 Rolex watch, a court heard today.

Giuseppe 'Pino' Pagliara is one of two football agents on trial alongside former Barnsley assistant coach Tommy Wright. All three deny bribery.

A jury at Southwark Crown Court was told the trio were charged following a series of stings by the Daily Telegraph, one of which led to Sam Allardyce resigning as England manager.

As part of the prosecution case outlined today, the court was told of unsubstantiated claims Pagliara made about former Premier League managers during the agent's meeting with an undercover reporter, who was posing as a businesswoman.

Prosecutor Brian O'Neill QC said that, at one meeting, Pagliara launched into a 'diatribe' about former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, accusing him of allegedly conspiring to fix the result of a Champions League match against Italian side Juventus.

Pagliara claimed he had 'thanked' Ferguson with 'a gold, thirty grand Rolex watch'.