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Verifying football agents: what clubs should actually do

We have spoken with dozens of recruitment departments over the past months. The same question keeps coming up: how do we know this person actually represents the player? Here is what we tell them.

TLThomas Leroy

5 min

Security

Professional football still has no proper messaging tool. Why?

This week, an agent sent me a contract via WhatsApp. Not as a signed PDF. As a photo. I was neither shocked nor surprised. That is the norm. And that is the problem.

KEKarim14 juil.

5 min

Transfers

Transfer window scams that keep coming back every summer

Every transfer window, the same stories repeat. Screenshots, emails, incredible opportunities. We decided to document what we observe, because these scams still work.

SLSophie20 juin

6 min

Agents

Agent mandates: why paper is no longer enough

I saw a printed mandate in 2024 that could have been signed in 1995. Same format, same scanned signatures, same vagueness on dates. The form hasn't changed, but the stakes have.

JMJulien28 mai

5 min

Players

GDPR and football: the industry is not meeting the standard

I am not going to write a technical article about GDPR. Everyone has read one. What interests me is why, seven years after it came into force, football still treats it as a formality.

AKAntoine15 avr.

4 min

News

Winter transfer window: three things we noticed from our side

During the winter window, about fifty clubs and agents were using FOOTPASS in beta. We looked at how conversations evolved. Here is what we noticed.

MDMarc5 févr.

4 min

Security

Pass ID: what we hope to change in professional football

People often ask what exactly the Pass ID is. In short, it is a digital identity that cannot be faked. In more words, it is a bit more complicated than that.

MBMehdi12 août

6 min

Security

Digital vault: where are your contracts right now?

Ask yourself seriously: where is the last contract you signed? On your laptop? In an email? On Google Drive? And who else has access?

YBYassine18 mars

4 min

Security

Cybersecurity in football is still the Wild West

A friend who is an agent called me last week. His email had been hacked. Someone had sent fake offers to three clubs in his name. He only found out when a sporting director called to ask why he was requesting an upfront fee.

CVCarlos5 oct.

7 min

Clubs

Ligue 1: recruitment is going digital, but not how you think

Everyone talks about data in recruitment. But when you look at what actually happens inside French clubs, the reality is more nuanced. And more interesting.

TLThomas28 août

5 min

Agents

Bundesliga: how German clubs handle the agent question

We spent two weeks talking to Bundesliga recruitment departments. Their way of handling agents is radically different from what we see in France or Spain.

JMJavier22 juil.

5 min

Clubs

Serie A: Italian clubs and the layers between them and the player

Italy has its own way of managing player relations. Between intermediaries, lawyers, attorneys, and unofficial advisors, there are sometimes five people between a club and a player. We tried to understand why.

DHDiego10 juin

6 min

News

How FOOTPASS works: a guide for football professionals

People often ask us: what exactly is FOOTPASS? An app? A website? A registry? We decided to write the answer once and for all.

MCMichael15 nov.

5 min

Transfers

The agent market in Europe in 2025: where do things stand?

The agent market has changed more in two years than in the previous twenty. Between new FIFA rules, league pressure, and the arrival of digital tools, here is a status report.

DBDaniel10 janv.

7 min

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