Why fans blame the board, manager but not the agents?

[DaleHillBlade]

Hmm! I know what you mean mate, but the role of agents is a bit like the role of a broker. They have built up knowledge of which clubs are looking for what type of player and how much they are willing to offer. It’s in the players interest to work through an agent, financially.

A comparison closer to home for some of us may be an estate agent. We don’t have to use them for buying or selling a house but most of us do, because they (should) know the market, know what sells for what and where, have a list of useful contacts and information to make things easier and better.

Having said all that, there is something disturbingly thick about some footballers that makes me wonder how they ever manage to get up and get dressed in a morning, never mind anything else!

I'm sure football agents, like estate agents, are useful. And like estate agents, they are creaming off a healthy profit by creating expense where none ought exist and other nefarious tricks.

 

[Surrey Blade]

Why is it wrong silent?

An agent is there to get the best deal for the player whilst also getting a cut for himself.

I very much doubt Bryans' agent has just said without consultation to Bryan "you're off to Fulham"

On the other hand Agent says to Bryan "Villa, championship offering £20K, Fulham are being bloody stupid and their Chairman Shad Khan is offering Prem football and £30K. Now the choice is yours......................but........"

No one likes agents - part of the game now. Didn't I read somewhere recently, the football authorities are trying to cap agents fees at 5% and in response, some bright spark of a lawyer has said it won't stand up in the EU courts - it just won't happen"

UTB

Agents may be a part of football that we all have to live with, but they need to have their fees capped. Pogba's agent pocketed a scandalous 40 million from his transfer to Man U. It is their perceived greed & self-interest that causes the distrust.

 

[finlaytheblade]

Exactly, players employed agents after years of being screwed by clubs. Probably gone too far now, but it doesn't affect us anyway, we're not in the market for players that agents can manipulate the terms on. We might pretend to be, but we're not.....not really

Every club has the problem with agents who tout a players availability in every league it's becoming a cattle auction and the powers that be seem to be .powerless to stop it.More regulation has to come in at some point.