Burton Albion has been charged by the Football Association with 28 breaches of agent regulations relating to deals made during the club's British-record transfer spree in 2024. The charges are linked to 25 player transactions made in the summer that the club was taken over by the Sweden-based Nordic Football Group. An unprecedented overhaul of the League One squad under NFG involved a total of 47 players moving in and out of the club, which included setting a new British record of 23 players recruited in a single transfer window. Burton, who went on to narrowly avoid relegation from the third tier in the 2024-25 season, had outsourced its transfer dealings to the London-based agent Conor Hayden that summer. Hayden has also been charged over the alleged issue, which is said to have involved concealing and/or misrepresenting the reality and/or substance of these transactions. Across that entire campaign, Hayden was involved in a total of 43 deals done by Burton, including the one that brought manager Gary Bowyer to the club in December 2024. In a statement on the Brewers website, Burton said they were entitled to use the services of the agent and went on to admit they did not immediately make the necessary disclosures. The club added that the alleged breaches were administrative oversights and that neither the club nor Conor gained any benefit or advantage from these disclosure failings. The club wishes to stress that there was no deliberate attempt on its part to circumvent the FA's Football Agent Regulations. Upon being contacted by The FA for clarification and realising the inadvertent administrative errors that had taken place, the club apologised and co-operated with The FA, providing fulsome disclosure throughout the course of The FA's investigation. The club also immediately put in place processes to ensure the same error would not happen again in future transfer windows. Burton and Hayden have until 24 June to respond to the charges. The FA's investigation into the matter began after BBC Sport first reported the alleged issue in July 2025. The charges against Burton and Hayden are a significant development in the case, and the outcome will be closely watched by the football community. The club's fans will be eager to see how the situation unfolds and what impact it may have on the team's future. The FA's rules on agent regulations are in place to ensure fairness and transparency in the transfer market, and any breaches of these rules can have serious consequences. Burton's case will be a test of the FA's ability to enforce these rules and maintain the integrity of the sport.