Quote Originally Posted by Nobody's Rep View Post
Yes I remember those statements from Puncheon but it feels that this was more specific to his time at Cardiff and I am especially interested in the back story to the signing of the Mckay brothers from a contract point of view as to why they were signed and this all seems intrinsically linked to Sala in the end

Seems really murky?
Similar quotes from Rowan Vine re Warnock`s time at QPR. Also when he was at QPR the football authorities were questioning a deal which took Joey Barton from Newcastle to QPR when the fee paid didn`t seem to reconcile with the fee received and the wages being paid seemed over the top. The agent involved in the deal was a certain Willie McKay.

Other issues, all on the public record ,were transactions NW brokered at Sheff Utd and Crystal Palace through an agency which at the time employed his son. Investigated by the football authorities again.

Were you also aware (also can be found on the record) that another football authority investigation was carried out whilst NW was our manager following complaints from some registered intermediaries about the unusually large number of football transfers he was putting through the agency now employing his son? At one time we had 9 players in the squad from that agency and no other club had more than 4.

There is a restriction in football on clubs signing players from agencies in which they or their senior employees have a close family or business interest. Unfortunately the wording for a breach is a bit woolly so breach penalties are not easy to enforce.