The ugly side of football agents

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Fair play to Boreham Wood on being so open on a subject that is very common in football but never gets aired publicly. I've lost count how many times I've seen a deal nearly collapse over a few quid because of a greedy agent rather than the greed of a player.

I get why some of the top top players have agents due to how complex a deal can be these days with promotional work, brand exposure etc but I do believe that grown men should be able to discuss their own contracts by themselves without the need of an agent.

As for having an agent in the non-league pyramid is borderline arrogant from the player themselves. That or just plain stupid. With this case it seems the latter with the Boreham Wood lad who has hired an agent who really doesn't have the player's best interests at heart.
 
I wonder how much of this shithousery KR has had to deal with this summer. And on a League One level!

Feel almost sorry for the player here. He must have been sold on lots of money and moves up the ladder by this new agent, even though his current agent had seemingly been making the right moves for him up to that point.

He must have been embarrassed that his agent has fired off a crazy aggressive email from his own account, and now his name is associated with this greed.
 
Borehamwood aren't particularly great themselves mind, charging visiting clubs to use their media facilities and then switching off those facilities for most of halftime and straight off after full time*. So while they may have a reasonable point here, they don't do themselves any favours with how they work.

*Based off reports and anecdotes from clubs/fans who were involved with other NL clubs last season and before.
 
The bottom feeding desperation of some agents over pitiful amounts of money is embarrassing. Is it extortion?
 
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