The section, which is currently made up of just six staff, has been overwhelmed by the number of referrals in the wake of recent claims about bungs and illegal approaches for players.

The announcement comes three days before former Metropolitan Police commissioner Lord Stevens delivers his interim report to Premier League chairman on his investigation into 362 transfers that took place between January 2004 and January 2006.

The FA have been investigating bung allegations since Luton manager Mike Newell went public with this claims earlier this year, and he was followed by BBC's Panorama programme, with England manager Steve McClaren's agent Colin Gordon also making damning allegations about the state of the game.

FA chief executive Brian Barwick said: "We have made it our priority to strengthen the compliance department so we can tackle the issue of corruption head on.

"We are committed to thoroughly investigating any wrongdoing in the game. The department is doing an excellent job and by bringing in additional resources we will be able to build on that work."

Lord Stevens will make a number of recommendations to the 20 Premiership chairmen about how to tighten up the regulations to ensure that irregular transfer payments do not happen.

Stevens will also reveal that more than 10 per cent of the 362 transfers need further investigation, most because they involved foreign clubs and often-intricate payments.

He is expected to tell chairmen that his security firm Quest will need several more months to complete their investigations. One thing Stevens will not do is 'name and shame' those clubs or transfers that require further investigation.

Barwick also revealed that some of those making claims about rule-breaking had refused to co-operate with investigations while others could not back up their allegations.

He added: "There have been a large number of people in football making allegations of corruption through the media. We want to reiterate that any participants in the game with evidence of wrongdoing have a duty to bring this evidence to our attention.

"The FA has already contacted a substantial number of people and media organisations in the last year to ask them to provide evidence following media reports."