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So the modern sports world is arranged, that at sportsmen there is no possibility independently to conduct the financial affairs. Then there will be no time to train, there will be no results, and the need to manage finances will disappear by itself.
A closed circle has long been torn apart by sports agents. The best of them at the conclusion of contracts of players with clubs are able to achieve the most favorable conditions for their clients. Of course, the higher the value of the contract, the more reward for it the agent receives.
In the TOP-10 of the world's leading sports agents there are four representatives of baseball and football, one of the ten best sports in the hockey market, and one more - in basketball. Forbes appreciated the work of the leading sports agents in 2017 and arranged them according to the amount of the fee received. Let's look at the top five.
The fifth on the Forbes list is Casey Close. Former not a very successful baseball player, he became one of the leading agents in baseball. In 2017, his fee was $ 64.72 million, and his clients' contracts - $ 1.2 billion.
Among the wards, Close is the starting pitcher of the Arizona Diamondbacks Major League Baseball club Zack Grinky, the New York Yankees reliever Masahiro Tanaka, the Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Clayton Kershaw.
The fourth line of the rating is taken by Sam and Seth Levinson, who also work with contracts of baseball players. The amount of these contracts today is $ 1.3 billion, and they brought the brothers $ 65.08 million.
Among the clients of the company are Levinsonov ACES: seven-time winner of the Golden Glove Award captain New York Mets David Wright, player of the second base Boston Red Sox Dustin Pedroja, reliever Chicago Cubs John Lester.
"Prize" three opens Jorge Mendes (pictured). In the list of clients of his agency Gestifute International more than 90 players whose contracts are valued at $ 769.2 million. Agency fees amount to $ 76.92 million.
Jorge Mendes is the agent of Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo, attacking midfielder Paris Saint Germain, Angel di Maria, attacking Madrid Atletico Diego Costa.
German agent of Romanian origin Konstantin Dumitrasku pushed Georges Mendesch from second place, which he held a year earlier. Dumitrasku received $ 107.83 million commission from football contracts for $ 1.1 billion.
His portfolio includes Paris Saint Germain striker Uruguayan Edison Cavani, Brazilian midfielder Felipe Coutinho, whose recent transfer from Liverpool to Barcelona for £ 142 (€ 160.5 million) is still on everyone's lips, Serbian midfielder Nemanja Matic, who moved last summer from Chelsea to Manchester United.
And, finally, the veteran of the agency building, the famous Scott Boras. The California lawyer is the thunderstorm of general managers of all MLB clubs. In the portfolio of his company Boras Corp contracts for $ 1.9 billion, from which received $ 108.33 million agency fees.
Among the baseball players who entrusted their business to Boras: New York Yankees Centerfinder Jacoby Elsbury, first baseman at Texas Rangers Prince Fielder, starting reliever Washington Nationals Max Sherzer.
In his study Forbes recognizes that if the amount of contracts concluded - the amount is quite accurate, then it is not possible to calculate the true agency fee.
Some payments to agents are hidden from prying eyes. It may be certain items of contracts that allow you to receive additional income; for example, the athlete's achievement of some results. Or interest from advertising contracts, as well as other conditions that are invisible to the general public. So the true incomes of sports agents are a mystery covered in gloom.