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This seems like a non story. The article mentions Luton who had 15 charges against them for using third parties in transfers, so its not at all similar.

This is one incident of potentially going through an unlicensed agent. For reference Arsenal got charged for this over the calum Chambers transfer and got no points deduction, no transfer ban, just a 60k fine.

Min 25 point deduction, hell maybe 50 is suitable

This is the equivalent of scrolling to 2008 on someones twitter timeline to try and find something fucked up they said

Lol now do chelsea and man city

Redknapp with an unrivaled ability to leave a trail of shit everywhere he goes.

The headline seems to suggest Spurs could face punishment, the article suggests it’s just the FA looking into why they didn’t punish spurs as none of the evidence appears to be new to the FA?

• The FA is investigating serious breaches of agent rules in the transfer of Jermain Defoe involving Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth, and unlicensed agents.
• The private hearing in 2008 revealed that Defoe, Tottenham's chairman Daniel Levy, and Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp dealt with an unlicensed agent, Mitchell Thomas.
• Despite breaches, no disciplinary action was initially taken, in contrast to other cases where clubs faced point deductions for breaking agent regulations.
• Mitchell Thomas, an unlicensed agent, played a central role in the transfer, and Daniel Levy enlisted licensed agent Stuart Peters, though a formal representation contract was not evident.
• The FA regulations prohibited the use of unlicensed players' agents and required a written representation contract between agents and players or clubs.
• Failure to comply with these regulations could result in severe sanctions, including transfer bans, points deduction, or relegation for clubs, and warnings, fines, or bans for agents and players.
• A panel, including Cherie Booth, found in 2010 that Thomas was involved in Defoe's move, leading to compensation to Defoe's former agent, Sky Andrew.
• Despite these findings, no disciplinary action was initially taken, but the FA is now reopening the case, aiming to obtain the panel's verdict and any additional evidence.
• The FA plans to review the arbitration panel award and may interview former staff to understand events in 2010.
• David Lampitt, head of financial regulation at the time, left in 2010 and is now the chief executive of a tennis data organization.

Should this have been dealt with at the time? Yes. But I don't see how they can do anything about it now, 15 years later, not least because every single party involved in this bar maybe Defoe isn't in the game any more. Maybe a fine, but that'll be it.

Incoming points deduction for us instead 🤣

Review all the city transfers.

This seems transparent to me

Whether they did something wrong I feel like either city or Chelsea or the pl is playing a distraction game to drag others in

Inconsequential thing ages ago vs 100+ actually recent issues from an oil backed nation state club. Hmmmm