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Agent fees

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by Birky Bantam, Apr 12, 2024.

  1. Birky Bantam

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    The FA have just released the list of agent fees for Feb 23-Jan 24.

    Our total is £138,000 which is up from the last years total of £77,000. That puts us 5th on the list of clubs in league 2 this season with Wrexham unsurprisingly top on nearly £350,000, the other 3 above us are Forest Green on £266,000, Salford on £160,000 and Stockport on £143,000.

    Overall in league 2 fees have increase from £1.67m to £2.42m.

    There have been 23 players we've spent an agent fee on
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    The link to see the full details https://www.thefa.com/news/2024/apr/12/payments-and-transactions
     
    #1 Birky Bantam, Apr 12, 2024
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  2. bailiff bridge bantam

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    Forest Green should be asking for their money back.
     
    #2 bailiff bridge bantam, Apr 12, 2024
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  3. Storck

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    Still think it is mad that the club pays for the agent when they are acting on behalf of the player
     
    #3 Storck, Apr 12, 2024
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  4. Storck

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    Plus how can the same agent work on behalf of both the club and the player. Surely they should be trying to get the best deal possible for their client?
     
    #4 Storck, Apr 12, 2024
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  5. Jordan

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    If you watch stick to football on YouTube, their guest this week was JJ Watt who was an NFL player that about a year back invested in Burnley and is helping run the club.

    He said one of the alien things he can't grasp are football agents. For comparison, in the US the most an agent can ever ask for is a 3% cut of the contract as their fee but it's from the players salary. So as part of working for that player, the player can pay him up to 3% of the deal. The teams never pay the agent a penny.

    He said football agents are like the wild west, just no rules, no structure and he couldn't get his head around the clubs paying the player as well as the agent, when the agent is working on behalf of the player.
     
    #5 Jordan, Apr 12, 2024
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  6. JonButterfield

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    Could definitely use some reform.

    MMA is a relatively new sport and the agent works for the fight, not the promotion. They don't get anything from the UFC or equivalent organisations.

    Not sure why football is a law unto itself?
     
    #6 JonButterfield, Apr 12, 2024
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    FGR…..crikey!
     
    #7 Kevin1954, Apr 13, 2024
  8. Kevin1954

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    On the flip side Chelsea spent £75 MILLION on agents fees.
     
    #8 Kevin1954, Apr 13, 2024
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    Quite a few young kids there being represented,hopefully some reach their potential and/or we get some of that dough back.

    Bilal Hussain is he the lad that went to Brighton and was playing in their EFL trophy team?
     
    #9 Dratsab taf, Apr 13, 2024
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  10. Dennis

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    The system is bizarre and needs reform. I recall some of the discussion when the system of licenced agents was introduced all those years ago. It was argued at the time that the buying club would inevitably pick up the agent's tab. If the player paid the agent directly (which is how it ought to happen imo), it would be 'negotiated' into the salary package paid by the club; if paid by the club, we'll that's obvious! But in other sectors, eg UK housing sector, the seller pays the fees. In the art sector, it's ostensibly the buyer. In IPL cricket, it's the player (usually). There isn't a single system which operates universally and there are too many vested interests to guarantee a logical outcome. Hopefully the new football regulator brings some sense to it all although I doubt it will be at the top of the priority list.
     
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    #10 Dennis, Apr 13, 2024
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    Sahil Bashir was the Academy player Bradford City sold to Brighton.
     
    #11 derrickh100, Apr 13, 2024
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    £138k on this underachieving bag of shite we have representing us

    Sparks should be paying this out of his own pocket with some of those signings
     
    #12 SteveC, Apr 13, 2024
  13. SteveC

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    Also why TF have we paid 2 different agents for both Oduor and Bradshaw?!? Pathetic
     
    #13 SteveC, Apr 13, 2024
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