Gloucestershire chairman John Light insists that the county will not pay fees to agents.

Light believes agents bring instability to cricket and says the county is doing its best to ensure their best players are not lured away by lucrative offers.

Light told BBC Radio Gloucestershire: "The worrying factor is agents get paid if their players move.

"We in Gloucestershire are not going to pay agents, we've decided we will not do that."

The club has a policy of not paying any agents fees, to prevent a regular merry-go-round of players as is common-place in football Gloucestershire chairman John Light

And he admitted it could be tough to keep some of the key people in their team at Nevil Road.

"The club has a policy of not paying any agents fees to prevent a regular merry-go-round of players as is common-place in football," he said.

"Several counties are coveting our leading players. Lucrative offers have been made to Alex Gidman and to Steve Kirby from well-to-do counties, backed by much more money than we've got."