BBC: Man arrested after Guardiola's emails hacked
The Manchester police arrested and later released a 30-year-old man
A man has been arrested after Pep Guardiola’s emails were said to be hacked. The 30-year-old has been released by Manchester police after questioning.
The Sun say the emails were about transfers and players’ contracts. Guardiola was said to be the victim of a blackmail attempt in 2017 with the man trying to take 100,000 euros in exchange for not releasing the information.
A police spokesperson said: "Greater Manchester Police are currently investigating allegations made regarding the Computer Misuse Act.
"A 30-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990.
"He has been released under investigation."
Man City, meanwhile, gave their point of view.
"While we had terminated the services of this consultant and the company he was contracted to two years ago, we were unaware of the serious crimes he is alleged to have committed whilst working with us and the subsequent alleged attempts to profit from those crimes,” said a City spokesperson.
"It is a matter of public record that we have been the target of several criminal attacks through our IT systems in recent years."
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