By Matt Lawton for the Daily Mail
Published: 22:35 GMT, 7 January 2019 | Updated: 23:01 GMT, 7 January 2019
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West Ham have left themselves open to accusations of a conflict of interest after allowing a leading sports management agency to become the shirt sponsor of their Women’s Super League team.
Unique Sports Management appear to have five members of Manuel Pellegrini’s first-team squad as clients and, according to information published by the FA last year, were involved in five transactions with the club between February 1, 2017, and January 31, 2018.
A further player represented by the agency was signed by the club last summer.
Unique Sports Management are shirt sponsors for the club's Women's Super League team
The partnership with the women’s team has raised fears among agents of other players at the club over what they consider to be the growing influence of USM boss Will Salthouse.
A regular in the directors’ box at the
