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Money paid to agents for facilitating transfers or contract renewals. Can be enormous - sometimes tens of millions for a single deal. Agents get paid by clubs, players, or both. The fees have grown so large that clubs and FIFA have tried to regulate them. Super-agents like Jorge Mendes and the late Mino Raiola built empires on these commissions.
Mino Raiola reportedly earned over €20 million in fees for Paul Pogba's return to Manchester United in 2016 - a sum that highlighted how much money flows to intermediaries in major transfers.
Robbie
Jan 19, 2026
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