England 's top football clubs , all out of the Champions League before the quarter-finals , are concerned their chances of signing the next generation of stars are being hampered by the FA ’ s new regulations governing agents . The rules , which come into force next month after FIFA passed the buck on managing the middle men to national associations , include a ban on agents earning money for representing players under 18 years old . As a result , clubs fear there will no longer be a level playing field in the global hunt for young talent because the players ’ representatives will want them to sign for teams in countries where the agents ’ code is far more relaxed . Arsene Wenger vents his frustration on the sideline as Arsenal crash out of the Champions League . Lionel Messi ( second left ) was at his mesmerising best as Barcelona beat Manchester City on Wednesday . And English clubs , who will abide by the rules , have further worries on how these restrictions will be policed by the FA , with agents no longer needing a licence to operate . The competitive market in signing teenage prospects is shown by the Chelsea juniors who have just reached their fourth consecutive FA Youth Cup final . Among the class of 2015 are Jay Dasilva , plucked from Luton at 13 , while Isaiah Brown , on the fringe of the first team , arrived from West Bromwich at 16 . Isaiah Brown is on the fringe of the Chelsea first team having arrived from West Bromwich aged 16 . BT Sport ’ s rugby coverage has been recognised for its class by most of its pundits , presenters and commentators being plundered for the World Cup . ITV are taking on loan Brian O ’ Driscoll , Lawrence Dallaglio ( right ) , Ben Kay , Ugo Monye , Craig Doyle , Sarra Elgan and Nick Mullins while BBC 5 Live have made temporary signings in Matt Dawson and Alastair Eykyn . After the fallout from England players ’ bad behaviour on a Land Rover promotional day during the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand , it makes sense that none of the England backers have been given sponsorship days with the squad during the 2015 tournament . However , the RFU claim the team have behaved ‘ impeccably ’ on sponsorship duty since Stuart Lancaster took charge in 2012 . The RFU claim England have behaved ‘ impeccably ’ on sponsorship duty since Stuart Lancaster took charge . UK Sport spent £46,272 on a survey by research company COMRES ‘ reassuring ’ the organisation their no-compromise approach to funding only Olympic medal contenders is overwhelmingly the right one . As predicted , the only real change is that participation numbers will now be taken into consideration in judging sports with equal medal chances . So basketball , whose loss of backing from UK Sport led to enough criticism of the no-compromise strategy for the survey to be commissioned , will continue to rely on special case hand-outs from Sport England to afford to participate in elite competition . At a time when the ECB need to get their PR act together , head of selectors James Whitaker chose not to front a print-media briefing when announcing the England Test squad for the West Indies . This meant when Whitaker , a hapless public performer , got in an embarrassing tangle with Radio 5 Live ’ s Pat Murphy over Kevin Pietersen and his possible England return , he did not have the press conference to redress the mixed messages coming out of the ECB over what KP has been promised — which is nothing . Kevin Pietersen 's possible England return got James Whitaker in a flap with Radio 5 Live 's Pat Murphy . Swimming have been remarkably positive about Sport England taking a whopping £667,895 from their grass-roots monies after a steep decline in participation . In fact Amateur Swimming Association CEO Adam Paker even welcomed ‘ Sport England ’ s continued investment ’ . The sport realises the cuts could have been more drastic and the lost cash will at least stay in the sport as swimming pool operators , working with ASA , have been charged with making venues more customer-friendly . FIFA president Sepp Blatter has not only turned down the opportunity to take part in a live TV debate with his three rivals , but also the opportunity to speak as a candidate at the UEFA Congress in Vienna next week . Instead Blatter only wants the microphone to address Congress as FIFA president . Meanwhile , there have been a flurry of national association football chiefs from around the globe coming into Zurich for audiences with Blatter , which FIFA somehow claim is ‘ business as usual ’ rather than electioneering . FIFA president Sepp Blatter turned down the opportunity to take part in a live TV debate with his three rivals .
English football 's top clubs fear the FA 's new regulations governing agents . Clubs fear there will no longer be a level playing field in hunt for talent . Agents are banned from earning money for representing players under 18 . Clubs fear players will move to countries where agents ' code is relaxed .