Nothing encompasses the rise of the so called super agent in football quite like Jorge Mendes. The man who represents Cristiano Ronaldo and Jose Mourinho has his fingerprints across hundreds of deals across the world and today it's been reported that he's "bought" his own player.
Highly rated Portuguese defensive midfielder Andre Gomes has had his FIFA registration bought by Mendes for €15m according to Portuguese daily Abola. . The expectation is Mendes will move the player on this January instead of introducing him into his weekly astro turf team.
Manchester City are said to be very interested in the player and Liverpool have also been linked with a move for him.
Entirely healthy that an agent can buy a football player of course. Kia Joorabchian being the standard bearer.
