Stani Army

David Le Cluse, 44, Chairman of the football club owned by fixer Mazhar Majeed has been found dead, with a single gunshot wound to the head. Information is still sketchy at the moment so it is not clear whether he was murdered or whether, as some papers are reporting, he took his own life.

As chairman of Majeed’s Croydon Athletic Football Club, Le Cluse had previously admitted that the club was being investigated for money laundering after the spot fixing scandal involving Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Amir and Salman Butt.

It is believed that Le Cluse had a large amount of his personal wealth invested in the club and found it difficult to cope with the realisation that it had all been lost. The club’s assets are currently frozen by HM Revenue and Customs, and just two weeks ago, was rescued from liquidation after Majeed himself injected £10,000 for costs for the rest of the season.

This latest development sheds more light on the murky world that Pakistan’s cricketers have become involved in, in particular the young Mohammad Amir. As more information comes out, those that have called for Amir to receive a life ban, may consider having a re-think in asking for more clemency to be shown to a youngster caught up in the criminal world.

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Eagle eyed viewers can’t have helped noticed the stickers on the back of Younis Khan’s bat in the current Test match being played in Karachi. Those residing the U.K, in particular London, would have made the connection between the “Hammer” writing and the image of the crossed hammers on Younis Khan’s bat and the name and logo of West Ham United football Club.

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