Jonathan Barnett

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Jonathan Barnett is a Football agent and is the Chairman and founder of Stellar Group Limited. He is credited as being the man who brought Lennox Lewis into the Boxing world.

Barnett has been a licensed agent for 10 years, and during this time he has been responsible for numerous high profile transfer deals between football clubs, though he this time has not been without significant controversy.

Barnett is the agent for Ashley Cole and was present at a meeting between Cole and officials from Chelsea at the Royal Park Hotel on the 27 January 2005. Recently, Barnett was fined around £100,000 and his license suspended for 18 months for his part in this meeting by the FA. Cole has since completed a transfer from Arsenal to Chelsea.