Agent Fees

When Mattias Pogba was playing for us, I was joined in the West Stand - cannot recall why I was not with the usual terrace mob - by a very nice gentleman who identified himself as his Cousin & Agent... he certainly had the swagger & attractive entourage to add credibility to the claim.

As it was the match wherein Doncaster trousered us by five goals, we were not too dazzled or distracted by the flowing skills on display and ended up having a lengthy chat. The subject inevitably came around to the younger Pogba sibling, Paul... who was playing in Italy at the time, but being linked with a big money move to most of the major football clubs in Europe, although he had left his former club under a cloud & a return to there was not viewed as likely.

To my great surprise, I was told "Don't rule out a return to Man Utd", it appears that the issue young Paul had there was with the manager, not the club, "he liked the club & would go back there now that Fergie is gone"... to which I replied "Yes, but Fergie still has so much influence there that - no matter how good he is - he will have to spend his time there dealing with backstabbers"... I did offer to carry his bags & offer him such insights on a regular baisis around the great cities of the world, although I suspect he may have lost my number by now.

Anyway... Turns out that I should have listened to him and gone straight to the bookies and put a bet on the move at very healthy odds... however, it equally turns out that maybe his Client would have benefited from him listening to me a bit more...!

Although it does all beg the question: "Is the job of an Agent to get the best deal for their Client... or simply to get the best deal"...(?)