It's a different view from the one set out by the Mirror and repeated by the BBC among others, I admit, and I admit it is based on things I've been told by a Chelsea employee. But if Gary Johnson didn't want to be gagged, why did he take Chelsea's money and accept the confidentiality clause...
Another way to look at it is that they offered to ungag him as soon as the stories of the victims at other clubs became known. And until they received his consent to remove the confidentiality agreement, they couldn't admit the accusations made against them in the Torygraph.
A further...
I understand that Chelsea's version of Gary Johnson's story on the front of today's Daily Mirror differs slightly from the former player's. Johnson claims he was paid to keep quiet, but I'm led to believe that he approached the club and asked for compensation after getting nowhere with the...