David Gold has been the joint chairman of West Ham since 2010Agents are "starting to run football" and are "sucking tons of money" out of the game, according to West Ham co-chairman David Gold. Gold was at a meeting on Thursday where Premier League clubs discussed the idea of putting a stop to agent payments. Such a measure would mean only players would pay agents during a deal, rather than both parties. Asked whether agents were disrupting the game, Gold added: "That goes with the territory, they are certainly doing that. A Football Association spokesperson told BBC Sport: "The FA is talking to both Fifa and the Premier League and this will determine our direction of travel."

Source: BBC September 13, 2018 21:44 UTC