27 Jul 2016 07:57:24
Hi Eds,

Is it normally the buying or selling club that pay the agent's fee or does it just depend?

Cheers
Willie.

{Ed002's Note - Buying club.}

1.) 27 Jul 2016
27 Jul 2016 09:29:35
Really dumb question but since the agent represents the player, shouldn't the player be paying him and not the club?

{Ed002's Note - No.}

2.) 27 Jul 2016
27 Jul 2016 09:53:28
So agents take a percentage of the transfer fee. Algoods.
Do agents take also take a cut of a player's salary? 4-8%? This is how I presume agents secure most of their rrgular income?

{Ed002's Note - No, not wages.}

3.) 27 Jul 2016
27 Jul 2016 11:53:32
I must admit I've always thought that the way in which agents are paid is wrong. Agents of any other professionals are paid by the person that hires them. Agents of singers arrange gigs for them and are paid by the singer or group with a hiring fee and not by the arena etc where they are playing. Surely the agent of a footballer should be paid by the player for getting them the best deal not the club buying, unless the agent was hired by the club to arrange the deal. Which ever way you look at it its the agents that get paid far too much and are spoiling the game in my opinion.

{Ed002's Note - I am not sure how you see the agents are "spoiling the game". The vast majority of registered agents are not living any sort of life of luxury. Some registered agent do - but it is a small number. Then there are those who are not registered agents but act as representatives to the players and to clubs - some of these are very well paid and some work on behalf of clubs negotiating transfers, and some even work in the buying and selling of clubs.}

4.) 27 Jul 2016
27 Jul 2016 12:11:12
Eds002 it's because when you have agents your always going to have agents like Sterling's and Ibe's, I forget his name now but they spoil the player, making everything driven by money and not what's best for the players development. What is the main differences between agents and representatives? I must admit I'm not big on the financial side of things.

{Ed002's Note - There will always be exceptions - and in his case he was dealing with two less than bright individuals. Agents have to be registered. Representatives don't - and range from the "super agents" down to those exploiting players from other parts of the world. There has been quite a big deal going on in Belgium about it for a couple of years. Investigations are on-going in Spain which has the Cotonou Agreement where African and Caribbean players are not counted against non-EU quotas so there is a periodic influx of Africans, often young and from poor families. But putting aside the exceptions of the bad and the "super agents", most are just plain folk getting on with their jobs.}

5.) 27 Jul 2016
27 Jul 2016 17:26:37
Ok thanks ed002, always happy to be better informed. The bad thing is is that us regular guys only really ever hear of the bad stuff regarding agents, we never hear of the others that are quietly going about their work. Too much bad press and all get tarred with the same brush unfortunately.