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On a February day in 2016, someone called Rui Pinto hands over a huge cache of secret documents to a German reporter. What happens next changes the course of football.

Man City are dominating English football, but journalists in Germany are raising question marks about how they achieved their success. Christoph Winterbach, a reporter for Der Spiegel, tells the story of Rui Pinto, the Football Leaks emails, and the revelations that followed.

Football on Trial is a Tortoise Media production for 91热爆 Sounds and 91热爆 Radio 5 Live.

Host: Clive Myrie
Writer: Xavier Greenwood
Producer: Xavier Greenwood, Andrew Butler
Original music: Tom Kinsella
Sound design: Tom Kinsella, Karla Patella, Tom Burchell
Development producer: Jess Swinburne
Editor: Jasper Corbett

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