I think I'm in the wrong game. How on earth can this be justified ?
Paul Pogba's return to Manchester United has finally been formalised, according to reports, and is set to be officially confirmed by the club.
The Frenchman will move to Old Trafford as part of a record-breaking £112m deal that makes him the most expensive football player in history.
The Independent understands that United will hand over £92m for the Juventus player while the Serie A giants are expected to foot the bill for the tax.
Because of this, the Daily Mail has claimed that Juventus will announce the transfer fee at £84.3m, just shy of the £86m Real Madrid paid to Tottenham for Gareth Bale in 2013.
Furthermore, United and Juventus have also agreed upon a £20m agent fee for Mino Raiola, with Juventus paying for the additional £4m owed to the Dutch football agent.
This follows the news that Pogba had flown to Los Angeles from Miami for his medical on Thursday evening. With this evaluation now believed to have been completed, the DailyMail suggests that the 23-year-old has agreed to sign a five-year contract with United worth £290,000-a-week.
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There should be set percentage for all agents so that all clubs know where they stand on each transfer.
Unfortunately money is ruining football at the moment.
No-one forces the clubs to pay exorbitant fees.
Especially the agent.
United should have had a sell on fee when they sold him last time, could have paid some money to themselves.
I really hope mourinho screws this up.
Oh to be an agent though - crazy money.
The bloke oust be minted - Ibrahimovic has had a fair few transfers himself.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mino_Raiola
He'll only net £100k a week. Probably be able to claim working tax credits.
United think they're getting value with the fee, plus the wages, plus the agent's fee. The player thinks he's getting enough. Juventus are happy with what they'll net. Everyone in the deal wins.
Put it another way. If you sell your house, through an estate agent at the asking price, you will have to pay the agent's fees. You could argue "but we could have sold it for the same price if we didn't have you acting as an agent". His answer will be... "but you didn't. You agreed to pay my fee when the house is sold."
I admire the approach of Steve Gibson of Middlesbrough. They were all set to sign Gaston Ramirez on a Bosman following the expiration of his contract with Southampton, when the player's agent suddenly produced a pre-contract agreement, apparently signed last January with Ramirez's original club, Penerol in Uruguay. This was, as I understand it, coupled with an offer to buy out the player's registration £5 million.
Gibson, to his immense credit, told them where to go and the deal eventually went through on the original basis.
The amount of money being leached out of the game by people like Pogba's agents and his ilk is pretty obscene. It is one issue (maybe the only one) where I find myself in agreement with Roland.
100m for Pogba is ridiculous. 75m for Higuaon was equally as silly.
All completely crazy.
Most don't even know how to open a bank account or pay their phone bill.
Agents jump on this and take advantage with a "don't worry about it, I'll sort it out" attitude and players don't know any better.
It's beyond embarrassing.
The thickest footballer though must be Jason Mcateer. When he was at Liverpool, he was filling some forms in, one of the questions was "position in the club?" answer......."Right Back".