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Arsenal and Alan Middleton fined over Chambers transfer.

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  1. Beef

    Beef Well-Known Member

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    Arsenal have been fined £60,000 and warned as to their future conduct after breaching The FA’s Football Agent Regulations.

    The charge was in relation to the transfer of Calum Chambers from Southampton to Arsenal on 26 July 2014.

    Authorised agent Alan Middleton has also been warned as to his future conduct and sanctioned for breaching The FA’s Football Agent Regulations in relation to the same matter.

    Mr Middleton has been fined £30,000 and suspended from all agency/intermediary activity for a period of three months.

    This suspension shall be suspended in its entirety for 18 months from 23 October 2015 and will not take effect unless he commits an offence contrary to the agents regulations or The FA’s regulations on working with intermediaries during this time.

    Arsenal admitted part of the breach but denied another, which was found not proven following an Independent Regulatory Commission. The charges against Mr Middleton, which he denied, were found proven.


    Read more at http://www.thefa.com/News/governanc...r-calum-chambers-transfer#SvUFd5PeDZvZa10w.99
     
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  2. TheSecondStain

    TheSecondStain Needs an early night

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    Fran asked the question - just what did they do.? What was the regulation breach.? Nobody says what actually happens.
     
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  3. TheSecondStain

    TheSecondStain Needs an early night

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  4. Schad

    Schad Well-Known Member

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    Short version: an unlicensed individual was involved in (and paid for) negotiating the personal terms of the transfer. Arsenal failed to do their homework, and thus gets fined. Nothing involving the transfer away from Saints, basically; that had already been struck before mild naughtiness occurred.
     
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  5. Saint Muppet

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    So FA...... What percentage do we get? 30k might almost cover for Gaston's new contract!
     
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  6. fatletiss

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    Deduct them 20 points and make them sell the flat in marchwood.
     
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  7. fran-MLs little camera

    fran-MLs little camera Well-Known Member

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    Do you think the unauthorised party was his Dad?
     
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  8. SaintJabie

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    Do we get compensation?
     
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  9. greensaint

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    The fine will pay for a nice 'research' trip to the Bahamas for a couple of deserving F.A. bods.

    I do wish the fine system was a little more targeted. Wouldn't it be nice if every time Jose claimed the ref had been tripping his players up a youth team in Bognor or somewhere got a new clubhouse.
     
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  10. fatletiss

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    I was thinking of writing to the FA to ask for just that for our club using Jose's fine. We don't have one.

    We'd even put a sign up in memory of Jose's contribution:

    "Toilet"
     
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  11. TheSecondStain

    TheSecondStain Needs an early night

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    Do it. What can it hurt.?
     
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