Warnock: I've never received payments to select players

Jason Puncheon, a former player of Warnock at Crystal Palace, claimed that Neil Warnock received payements from players "to get in the team or on the bench".

In response to criticism from Warnock, the Palace winger tweeted: "What I won't accept is an opinion from a man who's crooked and ruining the game - Neil Warnock, the man who signs players, gives them extra wages n app bonus to make sure they pay him to get in the team or on the bench.

"The fact he could even talk about training is shocking, he was never there".

Puncheon was then fined £15,000 for his comments, but the allegation was brought up once again when corruption in English football was being discussed among members of parliament.

Warnock since released the following statement denying the allegations.

"These allegations are completely and utterly false.

"The FA Commission considered all of the evidence in detail in 2014 and it found that the allegations which were published about me were unfounded. Any suggestion that the FA failed to investigate this matter is simply untrue. 

"In fact, Mr Puncheon apologised to me and removed the allegations from his Twitter account.  The FA fined him £15,000 and he was warned as to his future conduct.

"I am disappointed that these allegations have been repeated after Mr Puncheon's apology and after the FA investigated fully. If anyone had asked me the truth before publication, I would have pointed them to the FA website, where the facts are all easily accessible".