They are demons in the eyes of fans and angels in the eyes of players. They will not directly participate in the competition on the table, but they can influence the renewal and transfer of players in various ways. In particular, a few excellent players in this industry are even considered by many people to be enough to influence the power pattern of world football.
In 2020, which brokers can generate so much energy?
1, Mendes
In the income ranking of sports agents published by Forbes at the end of 20 19, Mendes only ranked third. In front of him, Bell's agent, Banat, topped the summit for the first time except borras, the second-ranked ace agent in American professional baseball. But I still think Mendes will be the most influential super agent in football in 2020.
There is a simple reason. Forbes' list is calculated by multiplying the total amount of contracts transferred and renewed by brokers by the industry average commission standard. MLB is 5%, NHL and NBA are 4%, NFL is 3%, and football circle is 10%. But in fact, Mendes' remuneration from the player's contract far exceeds the commission.
Many fans should have heard of the famous "third-party ownership", which is an operation mode in which a brokerage company buys a certain percentage of the ownership of a player and then draws it in proportion when the player transfers. On the other hand, Mendes is the most skilled at shifting predators.
In September, 2009, Benfica, deeply mired in the financial crisis, sold 20%-50% of the ownership of 12 main players to Holy Spirit Bank, Portugal's largest commercial bank. Mendes, who was caught by Benficalahei because of his close relationship with Portuguese sports and Porto, decided to buy 25% ownership of David Luis for 4.5 million euros. A year and a half later, Louis moved to Chelsea, and Mendes got a transfer fee of 665,438+million, plus a contract commission of 654,380+0.5 million.
Later, two investment companies were registered in Gibraltar and Jersey to acquire the ownership of players, and part of the ownership of a large number of players in Portuguese Super League and La Liga was acquired. Ma Jing sold Fa Erkao 60 million euros, and he took almost 35 million euros; Diego costa sold 38 million yuan and paid him 1 1.4 million yuan. And these are in addition to the agent's commission on the player's contract.
After the third-party ownership was restricted by FIFA, Mendes began to use his huge contacts and influence to indirectly participate in the operation of the club, thus obtaining greater profits. After Valencia bought Lin Rongfu and Wolves bought Fosun International ... Mendes sent several rounds of head coach signing and player transfer to these clubs. After Mourinho coached Tottenham Hotspur, Gedesson, who just joined on loan, and Ze-Louis, who is rumored, are also players under Mendes.
According to FIFA's report, half of the transfer income of the clubs in the 20 19 Portuguese Super League match was handed over to the brokerage company. As we all know, Gestifute of Mendes is almost the only one in Portugal, with influence and control all over the five major leagues. For a recent example, Mendes was not actually Felix's agent, but he became the most important middleman and operator during his high-priced transfer to Atletico Madrid.
The British media once said that there is a giant hidden in the transfer market, and his name is Mendes.
And this "giant" has a super ace like Cristiano Ronaldo, a popular star like B, a gossip star like Ruben neves, and ... in 2020, the Portuguese national team will be over half.
2. Banat
In 20 19, Banat, Bell's agent, negotiated new and renewed contracts for his players, with a total price of 1 300 million US dollars, which was1100 million more than Mendes, thus grabbing the top spot in Forbes' broker list.
Barnett's popularity among fans is far less than that of Mendes and Raiola, but his Star Group is not only the most successful football organization in Britain, with more than 300 players, but also its overall influence is comparable to that of Gestifute of Mendes.
Banat was first known to the public, which originated from a private meeting between ashley cole and Chelsea in 2006. Chelsea was fined 300,000 pounds for illegal contact with players, Mourinho and Ashley Cole were fined 200,000 and 65,438+10,000 respectively. As the planner of this meeting, Banat was fined 6,543,800 pounds by the FA and suspended for 654.38+ 02 months.
And he really became famous in the world football, relying on 20 13 to break the record of transfer fee at that time. Barnett, as a player's agent, played a great role in Bell's transfer of 654.38 billion euros to Real Madrid. After the transaction, he not only succeeded in becoming a super agent who fought alongside Mendes, but also filled his mailbox with resumes from English players.
If Mendes' main base is Portuguese Super League, then Barnett's base is the Premier League with the least money in the world. In 2020, except for a few players such as Sol and Maxi Gomez, most of his players played in the Premier League or had effective experience. There are many young talents that fans are very familiar with, such as Mount, Chick, Daniel James, Chilwell, pickford, Grali and Sonny.
For many years to come, he will be the most powerful behind-the-scenes pusher in English football.
3. Raiola
He is a vampire in the eyes of clubs and fans, and a lucky cat in Jin Shanshan in the eyes of many players. The stars he represents often make salary increases and transfers, so they are very unpopular with big clubs and their fans, but these can't stop the top small fresh meat in European football from rushing into his arms.
Because Raiola can always take them to a higher platform and earn more real money.
Ibrahimovic is nicknamed "the front line" by fans, which is inseparable from several transfers planned by Raiola for him. Bogba returned from Manchester United to Juventus, which not only made the two clubs pay a large commission, but also made Ferguson swear on TV programs, and also made Juventus investigated by FIFA. There is Donaruma who has become "Qian Duoduo", and Balotelli who has many problems ... All kinds of toss and turn simply make AC Milan miserable.
Not only that, Raiola has been involved in the process of buying young players by giants in recent years. Price increase, high salary, sharing, portrait right ... they all try to get the greatest benefit for the players and themselves while emptying the club wallet.
Delich's agent is actually not Raiola, but former Dutch international Hull Schouw. However, the latter has been the head coach since he retired, and he has little involvement in the brokerage industry, and now he is over 70 years old, so Delich's international transfer matters are all handed over to Raiola. Then, we saw him mediate between Real Madrid and Barcelona to raise his price, and finally Delich joined Juventus with a high salary.
Similarly, Harland's agent is actually his father, but Raiola is in charge of his transfer. As a result, Manchester United fans once again felt how "insatiable" the fat man was, and finally watched Harland go to Dortmund.
Now, besides Bogba, Virathit and Insane, Raiola's team is more up-and-coming stars such as Moise Keane, Thuram Jr. and Kluwett Jr., and he will suddenly become the transfer middleman of Volkswagen Fried Chicken. ...
In 2020, Raiola will definitely be the agent with the highest news exposure. After all, players love him as much as fans hate him.
4. Lian sports
This is a strange name for fans, but it is a super new name in the transfer market in recent years. In 2005, an Albanian businessman and a former professional player from Serbia co-founded this brokerage company called Lian Sports.
Initially, they mainly represented the brokerage business of former Yugoslav players. With the development of their careers, they gained a foothold in Italy by transferring these Balkan players to Serie A teams and accumulating contacts. In 20 16, they hired team director pedro pereira from Nottingham Forest as the chief agent, and gradually expanded their business to every corner of the five major leagues.
Because this company has more than 10 brokers in charge of the players, there are no big names like the above three, so low-key in football public opinion, there is no sense of existence. However, they negotiated a total of 780 million player contracts last year, which was enough to surpass the top three in Laiola's trading list.
Nowadays, they have many "strange" stars in the former Yugoslavia, such as pjanic, Iovich, Kostic, milenkovic and Rebic, as well as celebrities with constant scandals in Serie A, such as Coulibaly and André. Just last year, they signed Bayern central defender boateng and began to represent Sane. (Sane's official agent is his mother)
It is worth mentioning that Lian Sports is famous in the industry for being good at putting pressure on clubs to seek agent transfer. So when boateng changed his name to Lian Sports, the media predicted that it was a signal that he wanted to go to Serie A, and it was also reported that he would join Napoli to replace Coulibaly who was about to leave the team. Sane's mother asked them to be her son's transfer agent, which is also widely regarded as preparing for the transfer to Bayern.
Sane+Coulibaly, these two names are enough to detonate the transfer market.
5. Struce
Struce is also an ace broker, and his status in the Jianghu is much higher than that of the media. It can even be said that he is one of the big bosses behind German football.
He started his business at the age of 25 and started an office supplies company, selling pens and notebooks. After becoming the top ten in the industry, he switched to the clothing industry and founded a scarf brand. During the 2006 World Cup, his scarf was warmly welcomed by a large number of foreign fans because it incorporated the elements of football. It is also because of this World Cup that he saw the great prospect of the football industry.
In 2008, he and his friends founded the general sports agency, and they were keenly aware that a group of young talents with great potential were emerging in German football. In the next few years, they frantically collected stamps and signed many goblins, among which the most famous three were named Cross, Royce and Gotze.
However, Struce may be one of the lowest-key super brokers in football. Unlike Laiola and other peers who often "do things", he rarely sprays people and rarely recommends fierce practices to players. When Cross moved from Bayern to Real Madrid, he gave up all means of pressure through the media and quietly completed the negotiations between the two clubs, insisting on waiting until after the World Cup.
This operation greatly appreciated the German team leader bierhoff: "Professional, reliable and trustworthy."
Due to the slow and steady style and the decline in the value of German players, Struce rarely participated in the huge transactions in the transfer market in recent years. However, at present, under his banner, there is also a young central defender in the Bundesliga who is very familiar and eagerly awaited by Arsenal fans: Upamecano.
In 2020, let's see how many interesting stories these super brokers can bring and how they will change the power structure of world football. The traffic package is ready, and the drama ... will never be less.