The Football Association has interviewed more than 40 people in its investigation into the circumstances surrounding Maddy Cusack’s death and her family’s complaints about her former manager at Sheffield United, Jonathan Morgan.
Midfielder Cusack, 27, took her own life last September, leading to her family putting together a seven-page complaint about her last seven months at the Yorkshire club — coinciding with the appointment of Morgan as their women’s team manager in the February.
The family’s complaint, stretching to more than 3,350 words, led to English football’s governing body opening an investigation in January this year to examine the alleged issues between Cusack and Morgan in Sheffield and, before that, when they were player and manager at Leicester City from 2018-19.
As well as interviewing former team-mates of Cusack’s at both those clubs, the FA’s investigation team has spoken to players at Burnley — where Morgan managed the women’s team after leaving Leicester in November 2021 and before joining Sheffield United. A significant number of players and staff from all three clubs have volunteered to take part in the inquiry.
Morgan has always denied any wrongdoing and was cleared by an independent inquiry, commissioned by Sheffield United, that…
