FOOTBALL’S super-agents have assembled in London – in a desperate bid to thwart Fifa restrictions on their future earning.
Paul Pogba’s representative Mino Raiola, Portuguese intermediary Jorge Mendes, whose clients include Cristiano Ronaldo and Jose Mourinho, and Gareth Bale’s agent Jonathan Barnett headed the cast-list at a meeting in North London.
Super agents including Mino Raiola have met in London for talks over new Fifa regulationsCredit: Getty
The trio are leading members of the Association of Football Agents, who are pledged to try to halt new Fifa regulations due to come into force this summer.
The world governing body is clamping down on the role agents can play in transfers.
New rules, set to come into force from June 1, will limit the amount agents can earn from deals, to a maximum of 10 per cent of the fee paid to the selling club.
Agents will also no longer be entitled to act for conflicting parties in a deal – preventing situations where they have taken commissions from both sides in the past.
Raiola, Mendes, Barnett and Co geared up for their summit meeting at a Tuesday night dinner at an exclusive Mayfair restaurant.
The ASA has accused Fifa of a lack of consultation and threatened legal action in a bid to halt the new regulations from coming into place.
But Fifa is emboldened by previous European Court rulings which it believes gives it the authority to act as it sees fit in its role as the governing and rule-setting body of the game.
Jorge Mendes is amongst those looking to combat new regulations on how much they earnCredit: Reuters
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
