Individual Match Bonuses
⚽️⚽️⚽️ Individual Match Bonuses ⚽️⚽️⚽️ I have had some interesting conversations recently about bonuses – “match goal bonuses”, “appearance fees”, “winning bonuses”, “qualification bonuses”, “promotion bonuses”, “bonuses that are promised, but not paid to African national teams” 😅 , etc. A player I was representing a while back asked to be paid a bonus, by […]
Representation contracts – Exclusive and Non-exclusive
REPRESENTATION CONTRACTS 📑 FOOTBALL PLAYER: “What type of representation contract should I sign with a Football Agent 🤔⁉️” Exclusive ✅ or Non-exclusive 🚫 What’s the difference? 🤷🏽♀️ In simple terms ⬇️ ⚽️***EXCLUSIVE***⚽️ This is where you work with one agent and you are not allowed to enter into a representation agreement with any other agent(s) […]
Return of the FIFA exam
After venturing into the PR side of the football industry around 2007-ish, and travelling to Ghana to work on a couple of projects with Ghanaian internationals, Stephen Appiah and Michael Essien, a lot of things I saw and experienced on my many trips to Ghana motivated me to become a Football Agent in 2010. I […]
Football Agents and Commission
DID YOU KNOW THAT…. …..A player does not have to pay an agent any commission where he/she concluded their employment contract without the involvement of the agent. In the past, it would have been very unusual to come across a representation contract between a football agent and a player that didn’t have a clause stating […]
Third Party Ownership (TPO) – Part Two
Third Party Ownership (TPO) – PART TWO Modern slavery👮🏼♂️or a Lifeline 🛟 To help us answer this question let’s examine two hypothetical scenarios of simple TPO agreements (an advantage and a disadvantage): *** SCENARIO ONE *** ✔️ A small academy in Senegal with talented players, but limited funding enters into an agreement with a third […]
Third Party Ownership (TPO) – Part One
Third Party Ownership (TPO) – PART ONE Third Party Ownership is a controversial topic which although banned by FIFA in 2015, was already banned by The Football Association (England) in 2008 after the Tevez-Mascherano-West Ham FC saga which cost West Ham £5.5m (a sanction from the FA) and an out of court settlement with Sheffield […]
Representation of Minors
I have a very serious concern in relation to……. …………….FOOTBALL AGENTS and the representation of minors. Under the new FIFA Football Agent process, all I had to do to allow me represent minors was to complete a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) course, which was actually very interesting by the way. The short course touches on […]
Attending conferences
ATTENDING CONFERENCES 🔊🔊🔊 New and aspiring football agents have been asking how best to grow their network… My answer…. ⭐️ Attend conferences ⭐️ Obviously that’s not the only solution, however, the importance of attending conferences cannot be overstated. Oh yeah… hashtag#Linkedin is amazing for networking too 😉👊🏽🙌🏽 During my time as an engineer with Altrad […]
Mental Health Awareness
Yaaay!!! 🙌🏽…. It’s Mental Health Awareness Week from May 13 to 19 May so I thought…. Let’s talk…. Footballers and Mental Health ! 🧠⛑️🩺 Admittedly, we all need to take care of our mental health, especially if we work in high pressure environments. However, can you imagine having to handle that pressure living under a […]
Professional v Amateur football players – Article 2 RSTP
Professional v Amateur football players – ARTICLE 2 RSTP ⚽️ According to the FIFA regulations, players participating in organised football are either amateurs or professionals. No other status shall be recognised. Article 2.2 defines a professional as “a player who has a written contract with a club and is paid more for his footballing activity […]