Transfer Fee Disputes, Player Valuations & Complex Clauses – Italy’s Agent Regulation Shift – Can We Ever Accurately and Fairly Put a Price on a Footballers Transfer Value?
Season 2 : Episode 19 (#61)
⚽ How do you value a player in today’s football market? Ian Laing of Lombardi Associates joins this episode of ‘The Agents Angle‘ to unpack the layers behind release clauses, transfer fee disputes, and football agent pressure. We ask:
- Are players being priced fairly?
- Should they have a share in their own transfer fees?
- Is algorithmic valuation system fair and a realistic possibility?
PLUS : Italy’s agent regulatory shift from the FIGC for football agents and industry patterns and observations from across Europe.
This episode is a must for football agents navigating the highs and lows of today’s market. 🎧
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SHOW RUNNING ORDER :
(00:08) – Episode Introduction & Show Overview >
(01:06) – Week of Curiosity, But Trying Not to Speculate on FFAR at the ECJ …. just YET. >
(03:19) – Developments on Football Agent Regulations for Italy. >
(04:25) – Domiciled Sports Agents & Overseas Football Agents in Italy. >
(05:16) – FIGC Agent Regulation Changes to Consider. >
(06:21) – Uncertainty Remains – Because of No Announcements from CONI. >
(09:53) – Guest Interview – Ian Laing – Complications of Transfers and Player Valuations. >
(11:42) – Changes in How Clubs and Agents Player Valuations. >
(13:37) – Club Dispute Over an International Transfer & ‘Artificial Pricing’. >
(16:36) – Difficulties in Disputes Over Transfer Fees & Valuations. >
(19:02) – Release Clauses; A Case of ‘Floor’, ‘Ceiling’ or a ‘Starting Point’? >
(20:49) – Are Complex Clauses Causing More Problems Than They Solve? >
(22:23) – Players Having a ‘Vested Interest’ or ‘Share’ in Their Own Transfer Fee. >
(25:38) – The ‘Push’ for Agents to Represent the Selling Club? >
(27:17) – Increasing Manipulation & Complexity of Transfer Fees & Player Valuations? >
(32:15) – Pitfalls, Warnings and Mistakes for Independent & Newer Agents. >
(34:38) – Post-Diarra : Will Clubs Be More Aggressive? >
(35:46) – How To More Accurately Value Players & Transfers? >
(38:44) – Post Guest Interview Reflections – The Need For Certainty. >
(40:43) – Is an Accurate and Fair Transfer Value Mechanism Pure Fantasy? >
(45:37) – Highly Prized Football Devalued Because of Their League. >
(47:05) – Agents from Across the Globe Gather in Hungary to Share Knowledge and Experience. >
(49:02) – Pathways Across European Leagues. >
(49:59) – Football Agency : a World of ‘Wild Extremes’! >
(50:55) – A ‘Sell-On’ on a ‘Sell-On’ ???? >
(52:10) – A Flurry of Football Agent Events Globally – Demonstrate Interesting Dynamics. >
(55:07) – Announcements & Notices – How Many Players is Enough, Rebrand With Hudl-Wyscout, Loughborough Agent Event with FIFA. >
(57:08) – Closing Comments, Summary & Farewell. >
(58:38) – Disclaimer >
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RELATED LINKS :
Ian Laing – Lombardi Associates
How to value football players? Lessons from Newell’s Old Boys v AS Roma CAS Decision
CIES Estimated Transfer Values
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FEATURED ARTICLES & POSTS :
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Agent: “It is not a fact that someone will pay 45 million for Sudakov”
FIFA President open to setting transfer fees by algorithm
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Football Forum Hungary 2025
The Agents’ Symposium – Warsaw
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EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Loughborough University (London) – The Future of FIFA Football Agent Regulations
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Hudl Wyscout: The Next Evolution in Football Scouting
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Website : www.theagentsangle.com >
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CREDITS :
Theme Music : Agent Red by Abbynoise
Music from #Uppbeat : https://uppbeat.io/t/abbynoise/agent-red
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