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Crewe confirms Gradi suspension
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CREWE Alexandra confirmed yesterday that its veteran director of football Dario Gradi had been suspended pending an FA investigation into claims of historical child sex abuse in English soccer.
“Following discussions with the Football Association, Crewe Alexandra Football Club can confirm that Dario Gradi is currently under an FA interim suspension from football,” the League Two (fourth tier) club said in a statement.
Gradi, 75, has been at Crewe for 33 years, including 24 as manager.
The northwest club has been caught up in a growing scandal after its former youth coach and scout Barry Bennell was charged with eight historical sex offenses against a 14-year-old boy.
The Independent daily this month reported that Gradi visited the parents of a Chelsea youth team player to “smooth over” a sexual abuse complaint against a scout when he was assistant manager at the London club in the 1970s.
Gradi has denied any wrongdoing and pledged to assist all investigatory authorities.
Chelsea last week issued a public apology to former striker Gary Johnson for sexual abuse he suffered as a young player and said it had been wrong to insist on a confidentiality clause when paying him compensation.
Johnson, 57, had revealed the day before that he had been abused by former Chelsea chief scout Eddie Heath in the 1970s, receiving 50,000 pounds (US$63,265) from the club in settlement in 2015.
Police said this month that about 350 victims had come forward to report sexual abuse within soccer clubs across the country from the 1970s onwards and indicated the number was likely to rise.
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