Player agent reform: “FIFA is on top of the football agent business again: regulating it, supervising it”
Alamy | When Poul Pogba returned to Manchester United from Juventus in 2016 his agent was allegedly paid £41 million.
Earlier this month FIFA implemented its biggest changes to the rules governing agents in a generation. “A progressive and realistic evolution” a former FIFA lawyer tells us.
The regulations “raise professional and ethical standards”, but also limit commissions. Agents are taking legal action against the rules.
Why it matters: The new regulations reclaim control for FIFA of the multi million football intermediary industry after it deregulated agents in 2015, placing control in the hands of member associations.
The perspective: $622 million was paid to agents globally last year. The regulations promise to cut these outflows from the game. But will agents simply work around them?
23 January 2023 - 1:30 PM
On 9 January, FIFA implemented its biggest changes to the rules governing agents in a generation. The world governing body say that its FIFA Football Agent Regulations (FFAR) is “a landmark step towards the establishment of a fairer and more transparent football transfer system”.
Under the new regulations FIFA have introduced basic service standards for football agents and their clients. These include a mandatory licensing system, prohibition of multiple representation to avoid
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