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Wolverhampton's Link With Jorge Mendes Faces EPL Scrutiny

Wolverhampton will have to show its relationship with Jorge Mendes (bottom right) does not breach FA rules.GETTY IMAGES

League Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers "will have to satisfy the Premier League" that its relationship with agent Jorge Mendes does not break league or FA rules "following a promotion secured with a manager and key players connected" to the agent, according to David Conn of the London GUARDIAN. The club’s ownership structure and details of Mendes’ "influence" must be fully disclosed during the regulatory process of accepting Wolverhampton into the top flight, which will begin shortly. The FA rules on clubs’ relationships with agents, now called “intermediaries,” aimed at guarding against conflicts of interest, "prohibit owners also owning a stake or having an interest in an agency." Similarly, agents are prohibited from having “a material influence” over the affairs of a club. Last summer, Wolverhampton confirmed that club owner Fosun owns a stake in Mendes' company, Gestifute. That "would appear to put Wolves in breach of the FA's regulation." The same rule prohibits an agent from having an interest in a club and defines "interest" as owning a 5% stake or more (GUARDIAN, 4/17).

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