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Do they resume when the players are back in training?
Contract Talks?
Will depend on the player, the agent and any instructions already set by the manager or owner
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Robbo was the question
Don't want a last minute job either way
Think we will need to wait until after the internationals to get any clarity with Robbo. He has been in the US and then training camp in Portugal and now has the 2 internationals.
The club are ready to open talks with Callum but his agent is currently touting him around the Premier League.
Should that come to nothing I’d expect them to sit down with the club.
The longer it drags on is not good for the club, we needed start better next season and not sell him the week leading up to the first game.
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They probably haven’t stopped. PR and the club will have been speaking to their agents throughout the summer.
As Chip Barm said on another thread I think we need to know soon either way on Robinson. Either he commits his future or we plan for a sale. If we’re to make a strong start to the season the last thing we need is a saga dragging on all summer with a player looking to leave.
With the window closing early too we’d have to sell him in good time in order to then put in place plans to recruit when he’s left.
Pretty much he biggest thing that is wrong with football
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Works both ways. I’m sure the club will be grateful of Maxwells agent touting him around and finding him another club. They’re very useful when trying to move a playe on.
I’d have it that the players pay them from any signing on fee etc but I’m sure the club uses agents for their benefit as much as the other way around.
It's more the fact that agents operate in the way they do...just had a divorce? Engineer a player transfer...kids school fees due? Engineer a player transfer.
Its immoral
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I'm afraid I take the angle that they're just doing their jobs. They rightly speculate that Ben and Callum are two of the brightest prospects in the Championship and have interested other clubs before. Why not take advantage of your asset's value and offer him around in the hope someone fancies taking a chance on them? Ben and Callum have chosen to be represented by the agency; they've got a teammate who shows you can still go it alone but are yet to walk away.
At the end of the day, if you don't advertise the players in your agency, your chances of making a sale diminish and you risk going out of business.
Might there not be a clash between what's best for the player and what's best for the agent?
My view is that whilst agents do hold some power and influence, the players are all grown ups and aren't forced to do anything. If Robinson or Pearson leave then it's there decision ultimately that has led to it happening.
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This is wrong, I'll agree with you there.
Or thinking back to an interview with Steve Basham I read some time ago. His agent advised him to reject the contract PNE offered him as there was supposed interest from other clubs. There was no interest from other clubs his agent was telling lies. So he ended up out of contract and dropping from the second tier to the fourth tier of English football.
Should have been able to sue him!
The shit thing is agents don't really care about their player. It's about what they can make. But like Eddie hearn. He ain't bothered that aj lost for the love of pride its more that he now can't attract as much money as before
Bloody horrible bloke that Eddie Hearn. The sort that makes your skin crawl.