League boss Mawhinney wants action over agents

FOOTBALL League chairman Brian Mawhinney has called for greater regulations on the use of agents in the game after a new report showed a sharp increase in third-party transfer payments made by clubs.

The League's second six-monthly Agents' Fees report revealed its member clubs spent £5,024,789 over the period since June an increase of over £3.6m from the equivalent period ending last summer.

Mawhinney said the figures showed too much money is leaving the game via agents, and suggested that a closer inspection of this aspect of football finance would be an encouraging consequence of the League clubs' transparency.