{"id":26422,"date":"2018-02-01T15:01:02","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T14:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2018\/02\/01\/agents-runaway-gravy-train-set-to-be-derailed-in-bid-to-curb-excessive-fees\/"},"modified":"2018-02-01T15:01:02","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T14:01:02","slug":"agents-runaway-gravy-train-set-to-be-derailed-in-bid-to-curb-excessive-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=26422","title":{"rendered":"Agents\u2019 runaway gravy train set to be derailed in bid to curb excessive fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The January transfer window has been a bonanza for agents but clubs and governing bodies are preparing to put a stop to itThe January transfer window closed with a blizzard of late moves, delivering \u00a350m as the new normal fee for players \u2013 \u00a3142m for one of the best, Philippe Coutinho \u2013 and undisclosed bumper paydays for agents.Supporters are not told how much money agents make on deals or what work they did to secure it but there is a growing recognition among clubs and governing bodies that the role of agents is out of control. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2018\/feb\/01\/agents-gravy-train-curb-excessive-fees\" target=\"_blank\">Agents\u2019 runaway gravy train set to be derailed in bid to curb excessive fees<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The January transfer window has been a bonanza for agents but clubs and governing bodies are preparing to put a stop to itThe January transfer window closed with a blizzard of late moves, delivering \u00a350m as the new normal fee for players \u2013 \u00a3142m for one of the best, Philippe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26422\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}