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Fifa intends to publish its new agent regulations early next year despite the threat of legal action from some of football’s biggest agents.
Mino Raiola, Jonathan Barnett and Jorge Mendes, who represent some of football’s most high-profile players, have all vowed to fight the plans.
However, Fifa is determined to bring greater transparency to transfers and cut down on excesses that, in some instances, has seen agents being paid more for negotiating a deal than players were due in wages.
Fifa has revealed that $500.8m (£377.45m) was spent on agent fees in international transfers alone in 2021, and that 95.8% of that money was paid by European clubs.
“It shouldn’t be perceived that Fifa doesn’t consult with agents,” said Emilio Garcia Silvero, Fifa’s chief legal and compliance officer. “Some agents don’t want to consult with Fifa.
“At the moment, we have a market that allows $500m to be given to agents but only about $60m (£45.42m) is spent on compensation for training players all over the world.
“That makes us feel uncomfortable. We cannot accept this imbalance. That is one of the key things we would like to change with the agents’ legislation.”
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