 Then Wales manager Chris Coleman commented that corruption in the football industry should be punished by lifetime bans for the perpetrators.Former player and pundit Alan Shearer was particularly critical, claiming he "didn't think England could stoop any lower" following the England team's 1–2 loss to Iceland during UEFA Euro 2016 three months earlier, and called the team "a laughing stock of world football".Robert Sullivan, Director of Strategy at the FA, later confirmed to the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee that Allardyce's comments were "a factual, correct statement around the laws of the English game and having third-party ownership"

Following a review by City of London Police, Allardyce was cleared of any wrongdoing with the Daily Telegraph also clarifying that it "did not suggest that Allardyce had broken the law", though he agreed that he had been "a fool".