Eni Aluko gets £40,000 for lost earnings

The Football Association has paid Eni Aluko the £40,000 it was withholding after a dispute over a tweet she sent in August about ex-England women’s team manager Mark Sampson. 

Professional Footballers’ Association chief executive Gordon Taylor confirmed the payment had been made soon after Aluko appeared last week before a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) committee hearing on the FA’s handling of her 2016 complaint against Sampson.

“She’s gone through a lot. I’m pleased to say a couple of days after [evidence in Parliament] they paid the second and final instalment,” Taylor told Sky Sports on Thursday. 

“But there’s a lot of areas in this issue that weren’t satisfactory and we need to get these right.”

Brokered by the Professional Footballers’ Association, the settlement was compensation for loss of future earnings.