I’m amazed that anyone is surprised. Theodore Dalrymple covered the “thug lives” of British footballers nearly two decades ago.
(Pause, aghast, at the thought that the mid-90s was that long ago ...)
"...with British bookmakers offering 5000-1 odds against a league victory..."
Leicester City just reached the top of the league beating all odds.
The article is a bit confusing since it says the sex scandal was May 2016. The date is wrong, it was in 2015.