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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Paul MacInnes

Fifa urged to tighten rules on money super-agents make from transfers

Jorge Mendes after being named agent of the year at the 2019 Dubai Globe Soccer Awards, alongside his client Cristiano Ronaldo.
Jorge Mendes after being named agent of the year at the 2019 Dubai Globe Soccer Awards, alongside his client Cristiano Ronaldo. Photograph: Reuters

Fifa should tighten its proposed rules on intermediaries to limit the money made by super-agents, the influential Council of Europe will be told on Wednesday.

A cap on the amount agents can make in any transaction and on the service fees they can charge are among the ideas to be put forward, alongside the creation of a solidarity system that would lead to money filtering from the biggest clubs in Europe to smaller leagues and teams.

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