The 20 biggest football agents, their clients and their source of income

16) Base Soccer Agency

Base Soccer Agency represents former England manager Roy Hodgson

Founded by Leon Angel who was one of UK’s first agents to be licensed by the FA, Base Soccer Agency has several former footballers and experts working on behalf of their clients.

Some of their major clients are Aaron Ramsey, Jack Wilshere, Gary Cahill, Leighton Baines and Aaron Lennon. Base Soccer now represents more than 100 players, both at home and overseas, and also works on behalf of managers (eg. Arsene Wenger, Roy Hodgson etc) and clubs.

15) Andrea Pastorello

Italian agent Andrea Pastorello is a key player in the transfer market as well as at the time of contract renewals, for he boasts the likes of Giuseppe Rossi, Nani, Morgan De Sanctis and Patrice Evra as his major clients.

He has a strong presence in Serie A and was behind the contract renewals of Antonio Candreva, Samir Handanovic (both Inter Milan) and Mario Pasalic (AC Milan) recently.