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
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