Top football agent David Manasseh has been suspended for three months and fined £50,000 by the Football Association for trying to sign an underage player.
Manasseh runs the Stellar agency that represents global stars like Gareth Bale, Kieran Trippier, Luke Shaw and Jordan Pickford.
The managing director is alleged to have entered into a contract to represent an unnamed player who was under the age of 16. Manasseh denied the charge, but it was found proven at a hearing.
"Registered intermediary David Manasseh has been suspended from all intermediary activity, commencing today (October 1, 2018) running up to and including December 31, 2018, and fined £50,000 for misconduct relating to intermediary activity," read an FA statement.
"It was alleged he entered into a representation contract with a minor before the 1st day in January of the year of that player's sixteenth birthday, contrary to Regulation B8 of the FA Regulations on Working with Intermediaries 2017-2018.
"Mr Manasseh denied the charge, however, it was found proven following an independent regulatory commission hearing."
