• Gradi is claimed to have ‘smoothed over’ assault claim while at Chelsea• Scotland deputy minister calls on SFA to set up inquiryDario Gradi, the director of football at Crewe Alexandra – the club at the centre of football’s sexual-abuse scandal – has been suspended by the Football Association pending a top-level investigation.Gradi, who has been at Crewe since 1983, including 24 years and more than 1,200 games as manager, has been ordered to stay away from the sport while the relevant authorities look into his specific role in what the FA’s chairman, Greg Clarke, has described as the biggest crisis he can remember in the sport. Continue readingreadfullarticle
