Inside Football's Transfer Market

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In the space of twelve weeks, a hyper-ventilating global football industry exchanges billions of pounds as a coterie of chairmen, agents, footballers and their families enter a high-stakes poker bonanza to outwit one another and grasp their cut of the winnings.
It’s the transfer window, where money meets machismo, and for which the public have an insatiable appetite.
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[@iKwondo]

Judge: Is there anything else you'd like to add? 6ix9ine: This story originally appeared on The Athletic.

[@shrampee8619]

iKwondo all my teams makin transfers on da regula

[@YunTino]

How 69 ended here 😂

[@user-zk6py7kb8f]

Aldy he loves soccer XD

[@YunTino]

Edgar Juarez *Football

[@jericopaler1377]

You don't do snitchnine like that bruh LOOOLL

[@B1G_Dave]

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. This story originally appeared on the Athletic.

[@d1want34]

🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@bens4602]

It's the best place to read about football online.

[@abuibu]

@@bens4602 not really. It's just well advertised. I find it incredibly hard to believe all the clubs are now primarily on WhatsApp given the ways one can screenshot and embarrass very easily. We would have seen many of those leaked by agents with an axe to grind.

[@charlesnwabuike1036]

😂😂🤣😂🤣🤣

[@Nova-ct4pw]

@@bens4602 This comment has been sponsored by The Athletic

[@nifek7146]

This comment originally appeared on The Athletic

[@neokgatla]

And so did this reply.

[@diassilalahi7]

@@neokgatla and so did this reply reply

[@Who-zy6mf]

Dias silalahi and so did this reply to the reply to the reply

[@valsan1323]

@@Who-zy6mf and so did this reply to the reply the reply to the reply

[@csmeitt1188]

Go get a life, folks !!!

[@mohammedabdullah4618]

No wonder why Fly Emirates is sponsoring countless clubs

[@mr.mcfife4131]

It shouldn't be too hard to create an official transfer market platform to which only club reps, professional players and their verified agents are allowed. With all the chat features. This is billion dollar industry after all.

[@realchestro2986]

Me after watching this - "Google; how to become a football agent?"

[@spethmanjones2997]

Google responds, “I have a response for you, although it originally appeared on the Athletic.”

[@realchestro2986]

@@spethmanjones2997 classic 😂👌

[@kauswekazilimani3736]

@@spethmanjones2997 your cold for this one😂

[@corbing7786]

Get into contract law and have the luck of knowing footballers

[@realchestro2986]

@@corbing7786 nah mate, I'm not really interested in that. The money would be a great plus though lol

[@vishnubalakrishnanp275]

It should be "Good, Bad, Horrific and Raiola". 😂

[@grimaffiliations3671]

Doesn’t he always get his players the most money on the beat teams?

[@shwetamathur8626]

@@grimaffiliations3671 yeah but he also takes huge amount of commission.

[@Egghead1234]

He got 20% of the money from the joao felix to atletico transfer i think. Outrageous

[@johnluke4213]

Ole fell for the “copy & paste” texts

[@Adams420]

You mean Woodward

[@blureyes106]

I mean, it did say those were the best kind of agents, and I can see that. A properly run club would already have an idea of what they want, like the profile of player, their abilities, etc., and just knowing that a player is available is enough to consider his name in planning a transfer. There's the risk it's a bot, but that's a separate matter to deal with.

[@KGBgringo]

Dreading the day The Athletic decide to buy out Tifo and make their videos only available on their site.

[@larrysirname]

KGBgringo It would then become the best place to watch videos about football online.

[@XylsTV]

@@larrysirname Where videos would originally appear on The Athletic

[@mattd2026]

Why? Videos are still quality and the creators of the channel need to make a living too

[@Rabolisk]

Well The Athletic is good website anyways.

[@alexthangaraj10]

DONT GIVE THEM IDEAS!!!!!

[@nasyirvyx]

Man City agent : "Hey yo, 100 pounds for messi?" Barca agent : *send poop emoji*

[@indradutta8289]

Lol

[@indronilganguly9715]

Good one

[@shwetamathur8626]

100 pounds??? You mean 45kg of pound sterling ?

[@Bubbstep1]

The set piece bonus has got me thinking about a bonus they could give to my favourite team. Every game Everton doesn't concede from a set piece, all the players who played should get a bonus

[@frankwest-icoveredwars9314]

I've said this many times agents are cancer to football.

[@Redi_Official873]

"I hate Raiola" (Sir Alex Ferguson)

[@stevenclark6209]

Agree he is such a greedy bastard.

[@DavieDavie85]

Wenger wouldn't deal with him either

[@hanklesacks]

Danny O Wenger’s reluctance to deal with super agents greatly hindered us in the past

[@Sam1878Henry]

Ankle Socks what’s hindering you now?

[@iMadrid11]

steven clark Mino Raiola is just doing his job as an agent. To look after the best interest of the footballers he represent. That’s why the players he represents is extremely loyal to him. If Sir Alex decided to grant Pogba the contract that he deserves. Pogba wouldn’t have left for Juventus. Only for Man United to buy him back for €105M.

[@samuelmuriuki4574]

As a Kenyan we live for the EPL. Derbies and rivalry games even end up with suicide cases among the losing fans

[@therealuncleowen2588]

How sad, suicide over a sporting event in another country. Now, suicide over a local sporting event, that would be understandable.

[@joash4332]

@@therealuncleowen2588 we dont even killed ourselves when manny pacquaio loses, unfortunately theres often deaths cause by heart attack from watching.

[@adrianbedolla7939]

Y’all need to chill

[@manish236]

If you look closely into the Transfer Market, you'll find one thing: It's.... Rebekah Vardy's account

[@ultimatemachine457]

Ayyyy

[@AJ-lh4fp]

This story originally appeared on the Athletic

[@aidenfrost10]

@@AJ-lh4fp this is getting out of hand now.

[@darkgamersupreme2348]

@@aidenfrost10 subscribe to the athletic now for only £1 a month for 6 months!!!

[@vaskoyorgov968]

When you say the story originally appeared on the Athletic, do you mean that the script is directly taken from those stories?

[@goodevil1227]

Most probably yes.

[@shredder807]

It’s literally mentioned on the video.

[@chasejames2483]

Vasko Yorgov they’re probably doing the voiceover for an article

[@Tifo]

Vasko Yorgov not directly, they are adapted for the video format.

[@arun.inspirer]

It means they were sponsored by atheletic untill their nose bled

[@bradleym3402]

I was going to comment but it originally appeared on the Athletic.

[@Ese96Agoaye]

You're an OG football fan if you remember when Flybe used to sponsor Birmingham City

[@markwilliams7054]

no you're not

[@JustinDuncan98]

I can only imagine how much united must get MILKED

[@DeWaltDisney]

Never would have expected WhatsApp to be the backbone of transfers. Sounds like the next generation will be a Tinder style app connecting players to clubs to bypass agents.

[@emmaniwe1878]

Hahaha that's hilarious but also a really genius idea, that way there aren't any fake transfer speculations and the agent only comes in when the interest has been previously established by the club and the player

[@dafunkyshit]

hahahaha

[@thomaslambert9582]

I was responsible for about half that Arsenal stat

[@jamescusack6511]

I was probably responsible for about the other half then

[@emmaniwe1878]

No split it into thirds I searched it at least 5 times a day

[@Adams420]

But do you guys live in Uganda?

[@stevendchu]

Nahh most of Arsenal Fan TV is responsible for it

[@PR-li3xm]

I too search for it

[@lalboimanlun1230]

I feel sad for the 4.4 million people that searched "Arsenal Transfer" in recent times. (Not counting this season though)

[@filipbardsley2755]

Perfect! Please more like this and your latest podcast! Love that you have started to get access behind the scenes!

[@Knappnax]

This Athletic guy seems like a busy man...

[@balonOfficial]

Very insightful as always !

[@richuncho8265]

Can you do an analysis on the Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy rivalry?

[@samreetsengupta3541]

ONE OF THE BEST THINGS I HAVE SEEN!! This is the best thing after Football highlights , Messi videos and listening to music.

[@leezygottini5672]

I enjoy your articles and videos, thanks for blessing youtube feed🙌🔥

[@joeyeleven8997]

This was so insightful thanks👍

[@starkiller600]

Rashford probably has a free kick bonus in his contract. Probably the reason why he takes so many even though he isnt good at them.

[@wonderkidninjaturtle9503]

He's good at them

[@sircumsize6731]

@@wonderkidninjaturtle9503 scored 2 in 2 seasons 🤷‍♂️

[@toffeesfan7294]

Appreciate the efforts. Thanks for the insights

[@samuelmuriuki4574]

As a Kenyan I can confess to this. EPL games bring weekends to a standstill

[@foozballguy]

Not complaining, but is this channel now a part of the Athletic or something?

[@Dkmo94]

I imagine they're getting paid quite well to do voice-overs and some animations; its a good way to fund the content they create by themselves.

[@BlakeClass]

Hooker and blow don’t grow on trees bro

[@StringaBell17]

@@BlakeClass We can but dream

[@peheoli6353]

Its nice however that they could find a sponsor so similar to what they already do that of they didnt say anything, you wouldnt notice

[@Jay-in6dl]

Lots of channels get paid pretty decently to feature or promote The Athletic.

[@sebe161]

comment section: 98% tHiS sToRy oRiGiNaLlY fEaTuReD oN tHe aThLeTiC memes 2% the actual video

[@orchestrate]

-felix 2019

[@joeberth-jones1910]

That shit isn't funny

[@akashghosh7068]

Love your work!

[@yeah-ro3rf]

Hey please upload daily, you've got great content

[@marimar1093]

Love the content as always. Transfer stories are only going to get better given that in a few years the current crop of players post-neymar transfer will start retiring and telling funny stories.

[@arifutama7859]

love this new tone of visuals!

[@zeamagogu4029]

Your best video so far. Eye opening.

[@luisbaptista1676]

Love your vids man

[@ajaysai9242]

Tifo Is the best youTube football channel I love the way they present everything.

[@TariqAmazin]

THIS SHOULD BE A BLOODY SERIES, AMAZING CONTENT AS USUAL !

[@afranabdulbaig7001]

Great video bud. BTW ur voice is also so good and the explanation isn up to mark

[@kebbakah310]

Great👍 Please Make a video on the kind of Medical tests a player needs to pass on Medicals

[@jaro5603]

In Kenya here the transfer window creates a lot of buzz especially for us gooners.

[@johnokumu9069]

Kenya made it here...I'm so proud... Now bring scouts hehe

[@CryptoHustleLive]

become an agent. There are no eastern and southern africans in European leagues because we haven't built a business around football here.c

[@robinsmaske5706]

The first KZbin video was originally appeared on The Athletic. The first word which was invented was originally appeared on The Athletic. The nation who will win the euro cup and world cup in the coming years is dictated by The Athletic but its too confidential. Sir Alex Ferguson, Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho, Ancelloti, klopp, Simeone, Conte and other top football managers of the world personally comes to tell their tactics and strategies to The Athletic. Everything happens in this world always will be appeared originally on The Athletic.

[@jeanclouivil7893]

Amazing video ❤️

[@Riviscira]

This comment was brought to you by the athletic

[@TH-zc7ec]

Remember when we all used to complain that there wasn't enough quality football content online other than Tifo? Now people hate on The Athletic who have fine-tuned and boosted all of this. Internet is never happy, man 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Locpa1001]

I think a channel like this deserves a way better comment section than an overused “this appeared on athletic” joke

[@hanklesacks]

The athletic is taking over baby

[@Zephy-kun]

Incredible video

[@footnation4312]

U guys are so underrated

[@izzojunior]

As a Kenyan I can tell you our country is absolutely nuts about the premier league... we’ve actually had some suicidal events as a result of Arsenal and Man Utd’s failings over the years...as crazy as that sounds...

[@hanklesacks]

Wow

[@lordvoldemort1729]

Cc: Ed Woodward P.s. Glazers and Ed, You’re Fired! 🔥 Sincerely yours, V🤬

[@gabrielpalacio6407]

Amazing. Come to Besiktas.

[@stevendchu]

2:19 good to know that some PROFESSIONAL agents have the same approach as desperate guys on Tinder

[@anshulchhetri4395]

Can you please do more videos on this topic please?

[@sameerkashyap1750]

"Dark Arts behind the scenes." Anyone else think of Suarez.

[@__mehran]

3:24 "Not At All Exploitative Agent Guy " lmao , the animator has zero chill 😂

[@bleuray90]

Raiola, Mendes, Felicevich. Just to name a few.

[@tarunrobin8576]

The game of football is seeming to grow less classy by the day

[@jinjunliu2401]

That's what happens when money is becoming the main focus. Back in the day money wasn't even the driving force for people to go into sports, sadly things have changed (quite a while ago)

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

Man I would like to think Football is in a better place than many motorsports but so much money is involved and it's just big business things and maybe over abusive player power.

[@paulkalibbala1339]

0:53 From someone who is in Uganda; this is true

[@michaellin6567]

why r u gae

[@6REN]

You should check out B/R’s video on fabrizio romano, a video about transfers as well.

[@michaelrz1374]

do a video about how a academy graduates career starts

[@shiblybegum8375]

Please could you show roger schmidt's and quique sanchez flores's tactics

[@davidgerco]

This is shocking ! I’m speechless 😶

[@Jay-gs7sp]

Def sounds like Woodward speaking

[@benoakenfold4981]

Love it

[@mmhajanpatton594]

It's an understatement to say that modern football is money driven.

[@themesiasinrs]

unbelievable, these guys earn that much and even ask for more......

[@paulleach3612]

"A fast start defines the season..." Bolton Wanderers: "Hold my beer."

[@_saintoj]

Good video (This comment originally appeared on The Athletic.)

[@dgsdgdh]

6:41 Sounds like Aranguiz

[@Iltffny]

triple the amount of bonuses in the beginning? no wonder liverpool have made such a fantastic start to the season lol

[@thomasbrett5045]

😂😂😂👌 the athletic is this channel

[@DidYaServe]

Football Manager when you don't filter agent offers. tbh, I love reading them all.

[@michaelwooley608]

I am always confused by add-one in contracts (e.g. buy me an apartment, pay for my flights). Why not just ask for equivalent monetary value? Perhaps players think that they can get a $10k perk added on more easily than $10k in salary. But if that’s the case then the clubs are negotiating poorly.

[@hmm7258]

İ think it is to avoid some part of taxes?

[@User-gq2hh]

I never knew how transfers were completed until now I did not expect it to through WhatsApp😂

[@ugnerd1979]

Proud Ugandan🇺🇬 but angry man u😒 fan

[@anthonyodeke1043]

Indeed Uganda follows the premier league madly

[@sukhbirdhillon9800]

Loool, whats are the odds that our lovely mr levy said no to the business flight thing

[@razer0072073]

Mino Raiola came to mind lol

[@Anindyatejo]

While we're talking about transfer market, can you explain about English's "working permit" regulation for a player from non-EU nation?

[@bisvizstudio1242]

damn agent's job seems so hard

[@billyariunbold9710]

this seems so much more simpler than it sounds. but are transfer fees paid in cash? paid with a credit card? a cheque? if it is a cheque then to whos card? is it paid in gold?

[@Yuzume]

Tifo I feel like I've just watched a Kurtzgesagt video and I'm positively depressed now

[@krisr3868]

Why don't players expose the agents who try do dictate them? Run them out of business. Agents work for players, not the other way around.

[@firefox1234ize]

The video was clear that in some cases the player(s) have no clue of there agents shenanigans.

[@swayamsinha1286]

I am pretty sure from the English Chairman they mentioned, one of them is probably Daniel Levy

[@Sonderax]

He was furious as Leicester are a big club. COYB!!!

[@TAmrman]

Are you telling me the manager, agent, and player don’t sit in a restaurant with calming music without speaking?!

[@eliastaylor1920]

Sorry about all the arsenal searches. I just want some good news😭😭😭

[@KTNfrank87]

I’m still curious, what player was about to join Leicester and the got sent abroad?

[@Rid_aman]

Did they just include Ari Gold for "BAD" Agents? 7:00

[@kenethkaunda2766]

Uganda my homeland, we love football

[@Matt-zj9wx]

clubs have the responsibility to spread rumors to make sure the player knows

[@RedRaptor7]

“16 tickets please” LOL

[@smit930]

Where did you take that map from is my only question regarding this video...

[@paramthakkar7120]

Sumit Kumar The Athletic

[@taylored3660]

Uganda yeeeyaaa.....the last transfer window had me checking on arsenal transfers every 2 hours.....apprently google noticed..lol