FA Chairman Greg Clarke says the departure of Sam Allardyce is sad rather than embarrassing for the English FA. Eric Black, right, was appointed as a Southampton assistant to manager Claude Puel this summer. Southampton have pledged to assist the Football Association and Premier League after assistant manager Eric Black featured in the Daily Telegraph's investigations into corruption in football. Saints pre-empted the newspaper's latest round of articles under the strapline "Football For Sale" by saying they had requested details from the Telegraph -- a request they said had been turned down. The Telegraph claim that Black had offered advice on how to bribe officials at other clubs.