English FA chairman, Greg Clarke, has said FIFA’s investigation into Paul Pogba’s world-record move from Juventus to Manchester United is “unhelpful”.
The France midfielder’s £89.3million transfer last summer, is being probed amid claims his agent Mino Raiola earned £41m from the deal.
Clarke says “demonising” one transfer, does not help FIFA achieve the transparency it wants.
“If that’s what they’re going to pay, that’s what they’re going to pay,” Clarke told BBC Sport.
“They are accountable to their owners, they’re accountable to their fans.
“How much should we pay for players? How much should go to agents as a commercial transaction?
“If football wants to change that and limit the amount of money that agents get we’re going to have to sit down as a game, led by the professional game, the Premier League and the EFL and the clubs and talk about that.
“I just think picking on one transfer and demonising it is not that helpful. Knee-jerk reactions don’t often yield good outcomes. What we want is some thought about how much money stays in the game so it can be invested in long-term productive things.”
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