Aurelio De Laurentiis
These are the Aurelio De Laurentiis’ words.
about the football agents. This one is the hard attack against this category during the event “Sports Business Leaders” held at Stamford Bridge, the Chelsea stadium.
As he often does, the Napoli president talked about the movie business by comparing it to that one of football. In Hollywood, Adl says, they are not the presidents, but the actors who pay their own agents. According to him, they are becoming a tax to be paid, and they spoil their clients by proposing richest contracts in other teams. This affects their performance on the pitch. De Laurentiis reminds that the unclear role of agents as regards transfers of players, emerged from the bribes scandal told by the Daily Telegraph. This scandal caused the dismissal of the England team’s coach, Sam Allardyce.
The Agents association answered very soon. It is considering the possibility of recourse to legal action.
According to the association, they are the same presidents who often look for them and make use of their collaboration. They confer mandate, in order to resolve technical issues and contractual of players, to facilitate their purchase. They manage assets multi millionaires, because footballers cost. And like all professionals who engage in such business, they deserve fair compensation. And we say, a very hearty compensation. According to the association, it is not just an economic matter, it is not true that agents propose them only richest contracts of other teams. For their clients, they aspire to get the best personal achievement, but also the best familiar and technical result.
Tough words, those of De Laurentiis. A battle against the system which has been lasting since when he approached the football world and has known the ambiguous, sometimes, agents category.