Yaya Touré calls him Papushka, which means Daddy in Russian. Dimitry Seluk, Toure’s eccentric, extravagant and colourful Russian agent, seems to be proud of that fact and calls Yaya his ‘kid’. The two…
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Modern-day football us about much more than just the 90 minutes played on the pitch. The intricate complexities of the game transcend the playing surface, forming a web spun by managers, directors and…
THE RECENT NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN Flamengo, Real Madrid, 16-year-old whizzkid Vinícius Júnior and his agency Traffic were lengthy, eventually concluded by a €45 million sale that will see the Brazil under-17 star officially…
SIR ALEX FERGUSON RARELY SHIES AWAY FROM SPEAKING HIS MIND, even more so when he wishes to express his distaste for something, or someone. Distaste, though, would be a polite way of…
ASK CHAIRMEN, MANAGERS AND FANS to provide their opinion on football agents (or intermediaries as they should now be called) and they will likely all return the same view, that they are…