Former Chelsea chief Peter Kenyon was involved in Patrick Bamford's sale to Middlesbrough.

The Daily Mail says Bamford's £6million transfer from Chelsea to Middlesbrough had the intriguing element of former Stamford Bridge chief executive Kenyon negotiating the deal on behalf of the buying club.

Kenyon acts now as a special adviser to Middlesbrough owner Steve Gibson, is a regular in the Riverside boardroom and sits next to Gibson in the directors' box at matches.

His inside knowledge of Chelsea personnel made him the obvious choice within the Boro set-up to talk to Chelsea about Bamford.

The working relationship between Gibson and Kenyon began after they became friends through both having houses in the same area of St Helier on the tax haven of Jersey.