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Everton Sporting director Marcel Brads have spoken out about the menace of Agents in the modern game revealing that a rogue agent told him to pay £50,000 for the signing of Kurt Zouma.

Agents have gained notoriety with their increased influence on transfer in the modern game. There have been several cases of Agents syphoning clubs of money from transfers as they have gotten quite powerful in the modern day football.

Zouma made a deadline move from Chelsea to Everton on a season-long loan this summer after prolonged negotiations. The Everton chief was in an interview with TalkSport reporter Jim White when he was quizzed about the craziest demand asked from an agent.

According to Brands the Agent whom he had never met sent him a text message congratulating him on the transfer of Zouma and requesting a payment of £50,000.

The former Ajax sporting director also revealed that he has never dealt with as many agents representing players like in England.

Wolves have been the beneficiary of some dubious transfers in the past few seasons from Super Agent Jorge Mendes. Agent controversy will always be part of the game until FIFA buts a concrete rule on the influence of agents specifically those of super agents

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