• Defender also warned as to future conduct • Agent is fined £10,000 for part in affair

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Everton have been fined £45,000 and warned as to their future conduct after being found guilty of breaching the Football Association's football agent regulations.

The breach relates to the club's unauthorised approach to Jamaal Lascelles who was under a scholarship agreement at Nottingham Forest in 2010, when David Moyes was still Everton manager.

The England Under-20 centre-back Lascelles has become a highly-rated target with Arsenal and Spurs reportedly interested. Forest are looking for around £3m for the player.

Andy Niedzwiecki, the football agent who was representing Lascelles at the time, has been fined £10,000 and warned as to his future conduct after admitting his part in the matter.

Lascelles, who also admitted his part in the affair, has been severely warned as to his future conduct.

The FA said that the time frame for any appeal had passed.

Everton have accepted the punishment from the governing body. A spokesman said: "Everton Football Club accepts the findings of the FA inquiry."