The FA have launched an investigation into director Rupinder Bains after Mail Sport revealed she worked for a Cayman Island-based firm involved in a failed takeover of Crystal Palace without their knowledge.
A consortium came close to buying the club in 2020 in an £185million deal brokered by the former prime minister of Malta, our investigation can expose.
FA board member Bains worked on the deal as a private lawyer, but did not disclose her involvement to English football’s governing body.
A spokesman on Monday night claimed the FA had no knowledge of the episode and were ‘deeply concerned’ before confirming they were investigating the circumstances of Bains’s involvement.