10 most influential agents in world football
Love them or loathe them, they’re here to stay. Football agents have fashioned themselves to be controllers of all that is attached to money in football, which is basically everything. They have a say in which players go where and which clubs do what. But there are a select few who enjoy powers medieval kings would love to have had.Here are 10 agents that shape the goings on in modern football.
#10 Darren Dein
Darren Dein is the man Arsenal fans love to hate. Son of former Arsenal board member David Dein, Darren quickly made himself known in business to close aides of his father. He immediately accumulated a wealth of Arsenal players as his clientele, who he proceeded to show the exit as soon as possible.
His biggest accomplishments in the transfer market so far are the transfers of Fabregas and Robin van Persie, whom he helped leave the club in a less than amicable manner.