Chelsea’s incoming director of recruitment Paul Winstanley was responsible for one of the breaches of FA agent regulations that saw his current club Brighton fined £366,600 last month.
As revealed by Sportsmail, Brighton were fined for ‘misrepresenting’ transfers on multiple occasions by allowing one agent to work for the club and a player in the same transfer, which is prohibited by the FA.
Winstanley is understood to have accepted responsibility at Brighton for one of the breaches, which the FA accepted was a mistake made in good faith.
Brighton’s head of recruitment is expected to become the sixth member of staff to follow manager Graham Potter to Chelsea after the two clubs meet in the Premier League today.