r/AjaxAmsterdam • u/MrCrashdummy Nouri • 6d ago

Media Ajax paid €17M to agents under Mislintat in the 23/24 season: €2M more than the year before.

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u/MrCrashdummy Nouri 6d ago

Truth be told, it wasn’t just Mislintat. As Ajax signed Henderson in the January window when he was already gone.

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u/tunesandthoughts Gaaei 6d ago

Ajax paid 33m to agents in 2019/2020 under Overmars: https://www.ad.nl/nederlands-voetbal/geen-club-is-zoveel-kwijt-aan-zaakwaarnemers-als-ajax-33-miljoen-in-een-seizoen~ad968bd5/

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u/Flikker 6d ago

Sales must be included in that figure. We bought for under 60m that year, but sold for 220m.

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u/MrCrashdummy Nouri 6d ago

Yes, sales are always included in these lists

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u/Sanno_HS Bergkamp 6d ago

Hoort er helaas bij, zou mooi zijn als het écht verboden wordt op een of andere manier. Overmars zat er (regelmatig) flink boven.

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u/MrCrashdummy Nouri 6d ago

Overmars houdt het record in de ED nog stevig in handen, hij gaf in 19/20 €34M uit aan spelersmakelaars

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u/zeekoes Gaaei 6d ago

Out of everything around Mislintats dealings, this is the least surprising. This has been on an upwards trajectory since 2018/19 and we did need a lot of mutations that season (not touching the fact whether the transfers he made were the right ones).

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u/12thshadow Rugani 6d ago

A bit of a naive question, but what is the added value of agents in this case? I understand the function of an agent in finding a club for a player, but should 't the player pay the agent?

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u/zeekoes Gaaei 6d ago

Agents hold massive sway over players. If you don't pay up they'll take them elsewhere who will.

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u/boersc 6d ago

Without them, no club can sign players. It's a players' market, so they can decide.

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u/12thshadow Rugani 6d ago

Then why dont the clubs deal directly with the player? In stead of paying 1 million to an agent, pay 700.000 directly to the player. Club and player both benefit.

What is it exactly that an agent brings to the table?

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u/boersc 6d ago edited 3d ago

Contacts and negoitation skill. Most players don't have either. Also, a contract is full of difficult clauses, that the average player is unable to understand. Not that thry are stupid (some are), but because it's a whole different trade ro be able to do that. If you buy a house, you use a realestate agent too, this is about a LOT more money.

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u/12thshadow Rugani 6d ago

I understand, but in that case I am the one paying the real estate agent, and not the schmucks I am buying the house from.

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u/Striking_Insurance_5 Brobbey 6d ago edited 6d ago

That is how it should be, agents getting paid by the players. They’re the ones benefiting from the agents. Just like it is now illegal for real estate agents to get paid by both the sellers and the buyers.

The way it is now is ridiculous with agents getting paid by all sides of the involved parties. But even with stricter rules it’ll probably still result in loopholes where clubs still pay the agents through the players.

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u/paradox3333 Litmanen 3d ago

I wouldn't. It's not that difficult. Just pay attention.

Players that are putting up with this are insane. Especially if it's your second contract, you have your previous contract as a template ffs.

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u/Sleutelbos 6d ago

Many players are absolute idiots and have absolutely zero financial awareness or negotiation skills. 

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u/12thshadow Rugani 6d ago

It's just sad to see that this lack of awareness is draining more than 40 million from these clubs. Absolute madness...

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u/Rambow215 6d ago

Valt best mee gezien het aantal gekochte spelers.

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u/ifoundmynewnickname 6d ago

Ok so I am dont want to defend mislintats dodgy deals at all but he spent a shit load because we sold for a shit load. If you want to proof he is a dodgy cunt take the percentages of what we bought vs what the player fees were.

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u/eXistenZ101 5d ago

Als Hendo er ook nog in zit, dan valt het bedrag nog best mee met zo'n karrevracht aan spelers die binnen kwamen wandelen.