Second person 'linked to Manchester City child sex abuse claims'

Another person with "potential historic connections" to Manchester City has been linked with serious allegations of child sex abuse, the club has said.

The Premier League table-toppers launched a QC-led review in November 2016 to investigate whether former City scout Barry Bennell used the club to facilitate abuse of young footballers.

The probe is also looking at whether any other paedophile may have used their connections with City to commit offences at any point from 1965 to the present day.

As well as identifying Bennell's activities, the review uncovered a second man called John Broome - who is now dead - but is not believed to be linked to Bennell.

Manchester City said they are also continuing to "exhaustively examine" a number of reports of "historic anomalous behaviours".

Bennell's trial at Liverpool Crown Court heard he coached a number of junior boys' teams in the early to mid-1980s which provided youth recruits for City.

He regularly drove some of his victims to the club's then Maine Road stadium and Platt Lane training ground - although there was no evidence that abuse took place at either location.

Following the end of the trial, City stated:

The statement continued:

The club said it could not give any more detail about those reports but said it remained in "regular dialogue" with police and the Football Association which is conducting its own widespread investigation into allegations of historical sex abuse.

It is understood that City have spoken to more than 100 people as part of its review which has so far cost £1 million.

• Anyone who may have information for the inquiry can contact the club, with discretion, at: safeatcity@cityfootball.com.