Tonda Eckert was behind spygate scandal and may remain

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Tonda Eckert was behind spygate scandal and may remain
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"I think he deserves a second chance and I intend to give him that," Southampton owner Dragan Solak told the BBC.

I don't think Tonda understood that he was breaking a rule.

In English football, it is illegal to spy on the opposing team during training. That is why Championship club Southampton were excluded from playing in the play-off final after it was discovered that they had filmed Middlesbrough training ahead of the play-off semi-final.

Instead, Middlesbrough, who lost the semi-final, were given a place in the final against Hull. Hull won and will play in the Premier League this fall - a contract estimated to be worth at least SEK 2.5 billion.

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