The Telegraph reports:
‘The controversy surrounding Sir Alex Ferguson's agent son, Jason, showed no signs of abating yesterday when it emerged that one of his company's clients, Manchester United's Quinton Fortune, is set for a legal battle with his former personal manager over the right to represent him.
‘Sir Alex's influence over which agents his players sign to will be under the spotlight again after allegations from South African businessman Colin Gie that Fortune has reneged on an agreement between the two men and moved to Jason's sports company, Elite, who represent 13 players at United.
‘Although Fortune, 27, arrived at Old Trafford in July 1999 as a client of Gie, who claims to have discovered the player when he was just 14, the South Africa international has been represented by Jason's company since July 2002.
‘The case, which will be heard in August in Cape Town's High Court, has already attracted a great deal of publicity in South Africa and will be featured in a BBC3 documentary Fergie & Son, which investigates Jason Ferguson's business dealings, to be broadcast tonight at 9.20pm.
‘Gie told the documentary Fergie & Son: "I have a rather interesting tale to tell that the soccer world must read about. I gave a dream to a boy from total poverty only to be kicked in the teeth at the 11th hour when about to sign the biggest contract of his life."
‘In a court hearing in Cape Town in March, Fortune's legal team argued that the length of the last deal the player was signed to in May 1998 did not accord with FIFA guidelines which rule that agents should not be allowed to sign their clients to contracts of longer than two years.
‘They also claimed that Gie had "used his influence and power in an unscrupulous and unconscionable manner to persuade" him to sign.
‘Elite Sports declined to comment. A spokesman for United said: "It is entirely up to Quinton Fortune and Manchester United have no comment to make on personal advice taken by individual players."’