The former agent of Stewart Downing has been charged with five counts of fraud.
Ian Elliott was arrested in September last year in relation to allegations of financial irregularities made by the former Middlesbrough player.
A Cleveland Police spokeswoman said: "A 51-year-old man from the Tyneside area has been charged with five counts of fraud and is due to appear at Teesside Magistrates' Court in the new year."
