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Hammers support PL agents crackdown

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A long overdue crackdown on the activities of agents is one of the major issues to arise from the latest Premier League recommendations to emerge from the latest chairman’s meeting .

A  decision — backed by 15 clubs including the Hammers— will see recommendations drawn up to be passed on to FIFA who are themselves in the process of creating their own global rule book to control the middlemen.

PL executive chairman Richard Scudamore believes it is the right move as so many of the world’s biggest football transfers involve PL clubs.

Among the plans being introduced are for the PL to examine all transfers going through UK bank accounts, bringing back agents’ exams and forcing agents to submit detailed financial records.
PL executive chairman Richard Scudamore said: ‘There is a supposition the players do not know what the heck is going on. We intend to address this to ensure the players know their own situation.’

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Hugh Southon is a lifelong Iron and the founding editor of ClaretandHugh. He is a national newspaper journalist of many years experience and was Bobby Moore's 'ghost' writer during the great man's lifetime. He describes ClaretandHugh as "the Hammers daily newspaper!"

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