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Criminal or saviour? Rui Pinto abandoned by Portuguese authorities after Manchester City leaks
Pinto, whose leaks of private documents prompted the investigation into Manchester City, is understood to fear for his safety More than a decade after Rui Pinto set up the Football Leaks website in a crusade triggered by
Published 1 October 2026 at 18:40 UTC
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the Fifa scandal in 2015, he finds himself in the middle of a growing storm. The former history student with trademark spiky hair who used to make extra cash selling books about t