ARSENAL have been slapped with a £60,000 fine by the Football Association, after breaching football agent regulations in the transfer of Calum Chambers from Southampton.

The Gunners were also warned over their future conduct following Chambers’s move from the Saints on July 26 2014 for an undisclosed fee — thought to be about £11 million.

Agent Alan Middleton was fined £30,000 and given a suspended three-month ban for his part.

The FA said: “Arsenal admitted part of the breach but denied another, which was found not proven following an independent regulatory commission.

“The charges against Mr Middleton, which he denied, were found proven.”

The written reasons for the sanctions described the incident as a case of “partial” fronting, where an unauthorised and unlicensed agent was involved.

Arsenal said: “We acted in good faith throughout in this transfer and had no reason to believe that the player’s representative was not authorised to be involved in the transfer negotiations.

“The FA fully recognised that there was no intention to mislead on Arsenal’s part.”