How Football Agents REALLY Control Transfers - Super Agent Sky Andrew

The Beautiful Game Podcast - Episode 150 - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW SUPER AGENT SKY ANDREW - We sat down with super agent Sky Andrew for an exclusive interview to discuss the biggest stories of the #transfer window, the growing influence of #football #agents, how agents really get paid, and what goes on behind the scenes of football's biggest deals.

0:00 Intro 0:30 Guest intro 2:00 How Sky went into being an agent/ working with Sol Campbell 3:38 Alexander Isak transfer saga 8:05 Sol Campbell vitriol and hatred/ racism 16:22 Isak situation/ agent mindset 23:46 How should agents advise players 25:30 How do agents get paid 29:03 Agents structuring a contract 31:12 Structuring contracts for young players/too much too soon 36:16 Bruno Guimaraes transfer story 38:53 Loyalty bonuses/ signing on fees 39:52 Deals Sky is working on 41:55 Biggest misconception about being an agent 42:56 Biggest success stories 48:10 Cole Palmer/ Morgan Rogers situation 50:52 PSR influencing transfers 53:14 Broken market 58:12 Generative AI in football 59:29 Losing £400,000 in commission for a deal 1:02:29 Player perceptions when brokering a deal 1:05:53 Managing relationships whilst brokering deals 1:06:53 Agents representing themselves 1:10:29 Clubs making players run down contracts 1:14:49 Understanding psyche of a player 1:15:52 Journalists influence on football transfers 1:20:49 Sky's phone being hacked 1:23:11 Deals to keep an eye on 1:24:30 Marcus Rashford 1:25:40 FIFA Legacy agent title 1:28:52 Recommend a guest. 1:30:15 Outro Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.