Jorge Mendes and the Real Madrid affair – La Liga special
If you follow the world of football, or any professional sport for that matter, you cannot rule out the importance of agents. They are making an increasing amount of money as mega-money transfer dealings have become the norm. The likes of Mino Raiola, Paul
Stretford and Jorge Mendes have made fortunes out of the players they represent.
Mendes has over taken the other two in the field as he completes high value transfers one after the other. The agent brokered the transfer of Fabio Coentrao from Benfica to Real Madrid for a reported 30 million Euros. The deal also included http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ezequiel-Garay-c13071
moving in the other direction.
The Portuguese has made his name representing the biggest personalities in current football scenario. He brokered the deal that brought Jose Mourinho to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 FC and has been ever present in deals involving Portugal-based players.
Mendes’s first contact with Real Madrid started when negotiations for Portuguese international defender http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pepe-c29670 started. The player eventually moved to the Capital club in a 30 million Euros deal. The agent had already established himself in England as he represented
the elite football personalities there. Jose Mourinho, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nani-c27299 and Anderson all shared the same agent.
The re-emergence of the Galacticos has to be attributed to Jorge Mendes. Manchester United were unwilling to let go of their prized possession - Cristiano Ronaldo of course – but Mendes came to the rescue. Sir Alex Ferguson was angry at the Madrid-based
club and was unwilling to negotiate. Mendes used his impressive cajoling tricks and helped finalize the deal.
As Real Madrid parted with 96 million Euros, and Sir Alex went back to Old Trafford angry at the Spanish club but happy with the cash influx, Mendes laughed his way back to the bank, cashing in on the millions he had just made. The deal that brought Ronaldo
to the club was just the beginning of the relationship of the capital club with the Portuguese representative.
The manager, too, is a client of the agent who made his arrival at Santiago Bernabéu possible. Inter Milan were unwilling to part with the treble winning coach and it was Mendes again who came to the rescue. Real Madrid’s bank balance was left shorthanded
by 15 million Euros as Mendes put his skills to work and made the union possible.
Over the last couple of years, Mendes has added players he represents to the Madrid roster. Ricardo Carvalho, Angel di Maria, and Fabio Coentrao all have joined the club for multi-million pound deals as Real Madrid make a push to dethrone Barcelona.
Mendes has made sure that he makes all the parties happy in the deals he is involved. The club wanting the player’s signature gets what they want and the selling club are happy with the money they are receiving. Mendes has brokered twisted deals between
Real Madrid, Manchester United and Inter Milan but he has always come unscathed.
Thanks to his charm and networking abilities, he has managed to come out on top of all financial deals he has been a part of, benefiting all parties involved in one way or the other. It is because of these skills that Ronaldo calls him his “big brother.”
He has been influential in the lives of the players he represents. Cubs have to bow in front of him as he makes their dreams come true, and not even the likes of Real Madrid are too big for him.
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