Agents generally take 10% of the player's trading fees as remuneration according to regulations, so they have another nickname - "Mr. Ten%".

Today's football stars cannot do without agents, especially after the "Boseman Act" came into effect at the end of 1995, their value doubled and they had more say to bargain with clubs. Since they received very little cultural education and knew very little about the economy, contract law, etc., they needed agents to help them develop their greatest value. Brokers mainly arise in response to this need.[]

The usual method of many agents is to make trouble and raise "prices". They always encourage their players to make transfers, so that they can play their role. Regardless of whether the player transfer is successful or not, the agent will come forward to negotiate with the club, so that they can charge commissions.

French star Anelka is an example. When he played for Arsenal in 1999, although he signed a four-year contract with the club, his brother, Claude, also his agent, hoped to make money. So he claimed to the outside world that Real Madrid had a fancy to Anelka, who also hoped to play for Real Madrid. Anelka was in good shape at that time and was a hot player in the world football. Real Madrid moved and immediately proposed to Arsenal to buy Anelka. At this time, the "Gunners" had to let Anelka, who was "in Cao's camp and in his heart", go to Spain. The transfer fee was 23.5 million pounds, of which at least 1 million pounds fell into the pocket of the 'agent brother' Claude.

Therefore, many head coaches regard their agents as beasts, and they hate their agents.

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However, although clubs and head coaches hate agents, they also need them. Portsmouth head coach Red Connapp once called agents "a necessary sin". He said: "They are now an indispensable part of football transfers. For example, if I call the coach of another club and say I want to sell a player, the price of this player will definitely drop. And if I find an agent to let go and say I have a player who wants to transfer, but we don't want to let him go. Then he can sell the price we expected."

In addition, becoming an excellent agent is not an easy task. In addition to some essential economic and legal knowledge in the football agent industry, it is more important to establish a network of relationships including a large number of players, coaches and even the business community. Only in this way can we be good at dancing and better seek benefits from unemployed and ourselves.

Of course, not all agents are "money parasites". Those famous big agents are actually very careful about their influence. For example, Roy Keane's agent Kennedy, etc., their relationship with the players is like father and son. What they do is to ensure that the players' interests are maximized, help them manage their finances, and ensure that they can live a life of food and clothing after retirement.

Jorge Mendes, a super agent with Chelsea coach Mourinho, Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo, Barcelona star Deco, etc., has a good reputation in the football world, which is also why Zhang Yang tends to sign with Mendes.

Such an agent is a smart person and knows that only by considering his or her players well can the interests of both parties be maximized.

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The 10% commission for transaction fees is a convention, and Zhang Yang did not engage too much with Mendes on this.

What he values ​​is the commission ratio in commercial development.

Mendes smiled and said, this kid is quite smart, and at a young age, he actually knows that he pays attention to the value protection of future commercial development.

When bargaining with Zhang Yang, Mendes was not angry, but was a little happy and relieved. A young player who dared to imagine and look forward to his future value, as long as he worked hard enough and had a great talent, his future prospects were absolutely limitless. Just because they had a beating heart that would always move forward.

Both sides were drooling. Zhang Yang and Mendes had been bargaining for more than half an hour, but they were still speechless. He loved the euro very much and knew that he should not underestimate the commission of one or two points. These are all his own lots of money.

"Five percent!!" Zhang Yang said with a dry smile.

"Ten percent!" Mendes shook his head and said.

"Six percent!" Zhang Yang gritted his teeth.

"Nine percent!" Mendes also gritted his teeth.

"Seven percent!"

"Eight percent, no more!" Mendes was so angry that he was itchy. This kid was quite difficult, he was such a stingy boy.

"Six-5%!" Zhang Yang shouted at the top of his voice!

"Seven percent!" Mendes slapped the table!

"Trade!" Zhang Yang smiled and slapped the table.

Mendes looked at Zhang Yang and smiled angrily. Only then did he realize that he had been deceived by this kid, "Do you dare to cheat me?"

"I didn't say that it's not possible." Zhang Yang said with a dry smile. However, he also felt that this seemed a bit unkind. Zhang Yang thought about it and said seriously, "In this way, the commission commission for football was adjusted to 12%. In terms of commercial development, I will only give you six percent! How about it?"

Jorge Mendes curled his smile and looked at Zhang Yang seriously.

"Zhang! You are very similar to me!"

"Where does it look like it?" Zhang Yang asked in confusion.

"Like money."

"Is this a good thing?" Zhang Yang was unhappy. A gentleman loves money and takes it as a way. We make money by working with our feet, and there is nothing to blame.

"You're arrogant."

"No, my agent, confidence does not mean arrogance." Zhang Yang said slowly.

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Swipe, the two signed the newly drafted contract.

"Hahaha." The old fox Mendes laughed and stretched out his right hand, "Happy cooperation."

"Happy cooperation." The little fox Zhang Yang also smiled.

Since they have signed the contract, the two are now in the same boat. Jorge Mendes is in a very quick position to work.

As the owner, Zhang Yang remembered to pour a glass of water for the famous agent.

My throat was smoking, Mendes drank half a glass of water, and then asked, "How is the renewal negotiation between Marseille Club and you?"

"The new contract they opened was a monthly salary of 53,000 euros, that is, an annual salary of about 636,000 euros, a bonus of 1,000 euros, a goal bonus of 1,000 euros, and a winning bonus of 1,500 euros." Zhang Yang said the new contract provided by the club.

"No sincerity!" Mendes snorted and added, "Garbage contract."

Zhang Yang nodded immediately and agreed.

"Did you offer your own conditions?"

"Of course." Zhang Yang told Mendes that the conditions he offered were 150,000 euros a month, 2,000 euros in appearance, 3,000 euros in goal, 4,000 euros in winnings, about the basic annual salary of about 1.8 million euros.

He was proud when he said this, meaning, buddy, I am not bad, the conditions he proposed were quite ruthless.

Mendes was too lazy to look at the young man's self-satisfied face and said a number directly, "The annual salary is 3 million euros, the annual bonus is 10,000 euros, and the winning bonus is 20,000 euros."

Cough cough cough!

Zhang Yang, who was drinking water, was choked. He coughed repeatedly, and looked at Mendes with wide eyes. This guy was indeed much crueler than himself.

The agent dressed as a CIA agent was calm, but in fact he was very happy about Zhang Yang's surprised expression. Boy, tell you to know what a super agent is.

"Do you know what the annual salary of three million euros is? " Zhang Yang calmed down and frowned and said, "Marseille's maximum salary is Nian's 2.9 million euros."

"Who said you can't get the maximum salary?" Mendes slowly drank boiled water, as if it was delicious Bordeaux wine, said slowly.

I love hearing these words, Zhang Yang snapped his fingers.

"I think Mr. Fernandez will definitely have a headache." Zhang Yang laughed. He is now satisfied with this famous agent. Of course, what he really is depends on how he is doing. If an agent talks about contract renewal, he can also concentrate on training and competitions.

"Your task now is to score goals in the game, score a lot of goals. Leave the rest to me." Mendes said proudly.

"No problem, I'm the best at scoring goals." Zhang Yang said without showing any weakness.

Then, one big and one small, looked at each other and laughed. It was very happy.

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2005

The 20th round of the 2006 Ligue 1 will start tomorrow, with Marseille playing against Lons at home.

Fernandez had just finished breakfast and was sitting on the sofa in the living room reading the morning newspaper. After a while, he would drive to the training base and start his last day of work before the race.

At this time, the phone rang and the head coach of the Marseille team received a strange call. The caller ID was turned on with a mobile phone number.

The mobile phone number is completely unfamiliar. Fernandez stared at the phone number and turned around for a few times but didn't remember who the number belonged to.

After the call was connected, a French with some Latin accent came from there: "Good morning, Mr. Fernandez. Didn't bother you to have breakfast."

"Ah, uh,...good morning, sir, but, may I ask, you are..." Fernandez was a little confused. This voice was very strange. Who would it be?

"I'm so sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Jorge Mendes, and I am Zhang Yang's agent." The voice over there was clearly transmitted through the radio waves.

When he heard the name, Fernandez was stunned for a moment. He immediately knew who the owner of the name was.

It's really a hell!

When did Zhang find an agent? How could his agent be Mendes? He really couldn't figure out how these two people had an intersection before. Marseille did not have Mendes's players, so why did this damn Portuguese kidnap Zhang Yang?

Super agent Mendes is famous, and this is a difficult guy. The reason for some panic is that.

The Marseille head coach's face changed, and his intuition told him that trouble was coming.

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ps: The third update.
Chapter completed!