A FORMER Hove schoolboy has been caught up in an undercover investigation which resulted in the England manager losing his job.

Football agent Dax Price, who grew up in Hangleton, was among those quizzed by undercover reporters posing as Far East football investors.

The work of the Telegraph reporters led to the sacking of England manager Sam Allardyce on Monday after the 61-year-old was filmed discussing a £400,000 deal and his views on the banned practice of third-party player ownership.

Mr Price, who went to Blatchington Mill school, was filmed as part of the same ten-month investigation into football.

There is no suggestion from the footage that Mr Price has acted improperly himself.

The 45-year-old said: "It's almost like corruption is just staring you in the face.

"And I tell you what it is, it's the old factor, it's not what you know it's who you know."

Mr Price added that one manager made players give him (the manager) kickbacks in return for pay-rises.

Mr Price said: "Basically every month they would come into his office with £4,000 cash - each of them. So he was getting £12,000 quid. Because what happened was, when they had done the deal, he basically said, 'Right they have done the wages and they've said right you're going to get 10 grand a week. You're going to get 10 grand a week - it's done. So I'm going to give you 12 grand a week and you're going to give me four grand a month.' So obviously they were getting four grand a month extra and he was getting four grand - you know what I mean?"

Mr Price is a former amateur boxer who was dubbed "The Bodysnatcher". His family at one time was involved in the Brighton boxing scene.

A business of Mr Price’s, Forward Sports Consultancy Ltd, is listed at an address in St Aubyns, Hove. But it has not filed accounts since it was incorporated in May 2014 and, in October, is due to be struck off the register by Companies House and dissolved.

A reported business partner of Mr Price, called Pino Pagliara, was also filmed as part of the investigation talking about corruption in football.

Mr Price is also listed as a director of a company called Hotel Link Worldwide, a tour operator based in Southwick, which was dissolved in 2014.

The Argus attempted to contact Mr Price yesterday but has not received a response.