Carew agent “uncomfortable” dealing with Allardyce and not surprised at his present troubles

Per Flod with Johnny Carew

The agent of former Hammers striker Johnny Carew has declared he is “not terribly surprised” to see that the former West Ham and England  boss has landed himself in trouble over transfers.

He has admitted he had felt “uncomfortable”dealing with Allardyce over the deal that brought the player to the club in 2011.

Norwegian striker Carew joined Allardyce’s West Ham on a free transferand agent Per Flod was acting for him at the time..

Flod told Norwegian broadcaster NRK: “It was obvious money was going to someone who should not have received any. “I came across people in the transfer that I had no control of. It was one of the hardest transfers I ever had.

“It was not the way I wanted it to be. And it was obvious that the set of people outside the system had influence on the transfer and that money went in different ways than it should have.

“There was contact to me from a person, which I do not want to say the name of, who was acting very differently. And my fee, which was agreed, was suddenly cut in half because there were others who were having money.”

Flod claimed the deal was only done because he eventually agreed to halve his fee and added: “I will not argue that Allardyce even got money here. But it was a transfer with items that I was very uncomfortable (with).”

Flod is no longer an agent, but insists he would have been finished at the time if he spoke up then.

He said: “It’s like that in this business that when acting as an agent, and you want to continue to work in a market, the moment you go out and notify someone, you’re done. So it was not a topic for me.”