FA suspends agent David Manasseh for three months
Monday 1 October 2018 16:46, UK
High-profile football agent David Manasseh has been suspended from all football-related activity by the FA for three months.
The managing director and co-founder of the Stellar Group, which looks after Gareth Bale, Luke Shaw and Jordan Pickford, is suspended until December 31 and has been fined £50,000 for signing a player at a Premier League club while he was a minor.
Manasseh denied the misconduct charge, but it was found proven following an Independent Regulatory Commission hearing.
FA Regulation B8 of The FA Regulations on Working with Intermediaries states that a contract between an agent and a young player can only be entered after the first day in January of the year of that player's 16th birthday.
An FA spokesperson said: "Registered intermediary David Manasseh has been suspended from all intermediary activity, commencing today [1 October 2018] running up to and including 31 December 2018, and fined £50,000 for misconduct relating to intermediary activity.
"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."
