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FA won't get club names from Quest for now
England - 10 January, 2007
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The three clubs that broke transfer rules will still remain unknown while Lord Stevens and Quest complete their inquiry into bungs in the English game.
The names of the clubs will not be handed to the FA yet, as the organisation hoped to mete out punishment. Instead, when Quest managing director Nigel Layton meets with the FA's compliance unit Tuesday, the focus will be on eight agents refusing to help the probe.
It is the first meeting between the FA and Quest since Stevens his findings into illegal payments in December. Stevens looked into 362 transfers but did not find anything untoward. Instead, he released a long list of recommendations.
His revelations included eight agents who refused to cooperate, three clubs that broke transfer rules due to not knowing the correct regulations, and 16 clubs that failed to document financial arrangements connected to transfers appropriately.
Layton compared the complexity of the 17 transfer deals that still remain under scrutiny to the time he spent trying to uncover Robert Maxwell's missing millions – five years. All 17 are international deals.
Quest met with Scottish Football Association officials in an effort to make SFA-licenced agents cooperate.
Willie McKay, the Scottish-registered agent who had previously said he would not cooperate with the inquiry, changed his mind and has now agreed to a meeting with Lord Stevens' investigators.
"I have given all my bank details and everything they need," said McKay. "I have nothing to hide."
The names of the clubs will not be handed to the FA yet, as the organisation hoped to mete out punishment. Instead, when Quest managing director Nigel Layton meets with the FA's compliance unit Tuesday, the focus will be on eight agents refusing to help the probe.
It is the first meeting between the FA and Quest since Stevens his findings into illegal payments in December. Stevens looked into 362 transfers but did not find anything untoward. Instead, he released a long list of recommendations.
His revelations included eight agents who refused to cooperate, three clubs that broke transfer rules due to not knowing the correct regulations, and 16 clubs that failed to document financial arrangements connected to transfers appropriately.
Layton compared the complexity of the 17 transfer deals that still remain under scrutiny to the time he spent trying to uncover Robert Maxwell's missing millions – five years. All 17 are international deals.
Quest met with Scottish Football Association officials in an effort to make SFA-licenced agents cooperate.
Willie McKay, the Scottish-registered agent who had previously said he would not cooperate with the inquiry, changed his mind and has now agreed to a meeting with Lord Stevens' investigators.
"I have given all my bank details and everything they need," said McKay. "I have nothing to hide."
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