Formal talks have now been arranged between the two parties following the allegations that appeared in the BBC programme of rife illegal payments in England's Premier League.

"We've been talking to the Football Association and have already arranged to meet with them on Monday," said a BBC spokesperson.

It is understood Panorama had initially wanted the FA and Premier League to make specific requests for information rather than pass over every piece of evidence to the investigations.

Meanwhile, the FA have also confirmed they will contact Blackpool chairman Karl Oyston and leading agent Jon Holmes to ask them to provide further information on their claims they were offered and asked for bungs respectively.

Oyston claimed he has been offered bribes by agents on a number of occasions, and that the issue of bungs is still a major problem in football, including the Premiership.

Holmes, chief executive of SFX Europe, claimed three managers, one of them currently at a Premiership club, had intimated they wanted a kickback.

Bolton manager Sam Allardyce and his son Craig, a former agent, were at the centre of the BBC allegations of alleged illegal payments made during transfer deals.

Allardyce has already confirmed he is considering legal action and is incensed by the accusations.

"But I am very angry at the lies told about me. The individuals who appeared in the programme making accusations against me have already confirmed in writing to my lawyers that they lied to the BBC," he said earlier this week.

"They lied in the hope of being able to make millions offered by the BBC undercover reporter to buy their sports agency businesses.

"As a result of their greed my good name has been tarnished by deceit and innuendo.

"I am determined to clear my name and have asked my lawyers to determine my next steps."

Several other people were implicated including Newcastle assistant manager Kevin Bond and agents Charles Collymore and Peter Harrison.

A joint probe by the FA and Premier League will also be launched into claims by Harrison that Chelsea's director of youth football Frank Arnesen, Liverpool and Newcastle had all offered a Middlesbrough youth player money to move to their clubs.

Harrison too is considering legal action against the programme-makers and has defended his activities.

He said: "I've never given bungs. I've not given a bung to Sam Allardyce. I've never given a bung. I shall be suing the BBC.

"I haven't heard from the FA. I shall be carrying on as an agent and I shall be doing whatever the FA want me to do."