Well, none of it was particularly ground breaking, the former agent was mostly going by what he's encountered in the past and what other agents are like. I'll try to bullet point bits I can remember:
- A lot of agents are scumbags but not all of them, the 'good guys' tend to go unnoticed because no one wants to report on someone doing a good job, it's the agents like Ward and Barnett that will always get the headlines.
- To be an agent you basically have to know a player who is willing to have you represent them, and from there you get hired by an agency who wants your player, it's very difficult to work your way into being an agent these days.
- Agents very rarely get a piece of the transfer pie, what normally happens is they'll get a percentage of a player's wages and so hence they're always trying for bigger wages. He added that this means it isn't necessarily always beneficial for agents to have their player keep swapping clubs, and it can be more beneficial to simply have them stay at a club which rewards players with regular wage increases.
- He mentioned how he encountered a lot of greedy parents in particular
- He shed light on why people like Scott Sinclair and Rodwell move to Man City and basically said most players would jump at the chance simply because they it would be amazing to double your wages for a few years
- Off the pitch Alli is basically a marketing dream and an agents dream and everyone would want him, apparently his agent must be licking his lips
- He reckoned even Kane would be on his phone to his agent should a bigger club become interested regardless of what is said in public, he included United and City in that
- He also added that it would be up to Levy though very likely and that agents don't like to upset the hierarchy at clubs they have regularly dealings with
- Also mentioned most agents make their money picking up loads of youth players and hoping they make it big time, and threw in a story about how someone threatened to break his legs over the potential signing of a player
- Agents and other players are very often in a players ear telling them they can get them a big move or a better offer if they switch agents
If I remember anything else I'll add it, but you might as well listen to it