EXCLUSIVE: Everton reported to the Premier League over failing to pay an agent fee… with the Toffees already facing a disciplinary hearing into alleged Financial Fair Play breaches


  • An international agency alleges Everton failed to pay a fee owed over a transfer 
  • The case comes as Everton face a hearing over alleged spending breaches 
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Everton have been reported to the Premier League and are facing legal action for allegedly failing to pay an agent fee related to a recent international signing. 

Mail Sport has learned that a global agency has sent multiple legal letters to the club over an unpaid invoice worth several hundred thousand pounds, as well as engaging a debt recovery service in attempt to get the money.

Everton declined to comment when contacted by Mail Sport, but sources at the club dispute that they agreed to pay the agent. They also pointed out that the agent in question was not declared on the registration documents sent to the FA and Premier League.

Everton are alleged to have instructed the agency to act on their behalf to sign an international player who joined the club during the 2021/22 season. After declining to pay the invoice it is claimed the club proposed a settlement offer on reduced terms, although that was not paid either.

The agency are understood to have reached out to Everton owner Farhad Moshiri and chairman Bill Kenwright in an attempt to settle the dispute before reporting the club to the Premier League. 

Everton have been reported to the Premier League for allegedly failing to pay an agent fee

The agency reached out to Everton owner Farhad Moshiri, left, and chairman Bill Kenwright, right, to settle the dispute before reporting the club to the Premier League

The agency reached out to Everton owner Farhad Moshiri, left, and chairman Bill Kenwright, right, to settle the dispute before reporting the club to the Premier League

Everton’s prospective new owner Josh Wander of 777Partners has also been informed about the stand-off since he agreed a deal to buy the club from Moshiri last month.

In flagging the matter to the Premier League lawyers acting for the agency claimed that Everton did not report the disputed payment to their auditors, on the basis that their clients were not asked to provide a credit note by the club. Everton’s position is that given the payment is disputed they are not obliged to report it.

The transfer took place between 2019 and 2022, the three-year accounting period which saw Everton being charged with breaking Financial Fair Play regulations in a case which is being heard by an independent commission this week.  

The Premier League declined comment.

Everton’s prospective owner Josh Wander of 777Partners has been informed of the stand-off

Everton’s prospective owner Josh Wander of 777Partners has been informed of the stand-off

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