Agents fees set to drop following another record-breaking Premier League season | @mcgrathmike https://t.co/YsJfeLoAZx
what a ****ing shame, mind once again its the smaller ones who will get it. The big hitters are well and truly protected, just like football in general
I had the misfortune to have to spend time with an agent who lived in Monaco ... ... the man was an absolute weasel and nowhere near as intelligent as me. That's not bigging myself up, I'm just an ordinary bloke, but it just amazed me that someone so thick could be so wealthy. As a clever man once told me, some people do things because they're too stupid to realise that they shouldn't.
When the earth is a blank canvas and only the cockroaches survive, agents will be first on the scene.
If this happens it’ll be younger players below the top section of the pyramid who ultimately lose out. Agents get a lot of stick but their role is necessary in my opinion.
This is very true. When you get into the semi-pro ranks (and maybe even at the bottom end of the professional game), agents do an excellent job finding clubs for players and players for clubs. Many agents will have players on their books at this level that they never make any money from because that won't happen until they eventually work them into a position to sign a pro contract.
If there was any truth in this story, it would be 'throwing the baby out with the bathwater'. Agents came into being because Clubs had been ripping the players off since the professional game came into being. The likes of George Eastham, Len Shackleton and Jimmy Hill eventually won the battle for a fairer deal but even then most Clubs tried to fight the players. So they took advice' often from Accountants or Solicitor who usually, however good at accounting or soliciting they were, knew little about football. So Agents came into being. Then The Clubs started to employ Agents themselves particularly in transfer deals. At the top end vast amounts of money can be made by these people. But in the lower leagues I'm guessing that they can do a useful job for their clients. And it's a job that needs doing because the Clubs are not always prepared to act 'honourably'. If this story is true you can bet that the people who will lose out most are those, payers and agents who are at the bottom of the heap.
Agents came in to look after players, I agree, but they now look after themselves primarily. Any move is a good move for an agent.
They can also be of assistance of to clubs, particularly those below Conference level who don't have the resources to fund far reaching scouting networks, to identify new players. Agents can help players dropping out of the professional game to find semi-pro clubs where they can continue to get a regular game and develop a foundation on which to rebuild their careers. This is mutually beneficial to both the club and the player and the agent in these cases won't make any money unless the player is given a professional contract somewhere. Its naive to think that all agents are of the same stamp as Mino Raiola and his ilk who constantly make vast sums from moving players around.
Did Stevie G ever have an agent? Granted an exceptional player but I'm sure he just dealt face to face with the club
