Raiola and other agents are fighting the proposed caps but Fifa is unfased by the threat of legal actionFifa says it will impose a 10 per cent cap on all agents’ fees from transfers next season after submissions from the Premier League. Previous draft regulations had planned to impose a cap only on commissions paid alongside transfers and not fixed fees paid by a buying or selling club. After interventions by the Premier League, the European Club Association (ECA) and Fifpro, the international players’ union, the new plan is for the 10 per cent cap to affect all transfer-related payments to agents and a cap of 3 per cent of a player’s salary for services to that player. SponsoredNational associations will be able to bring in even stricter rules and caps if they wish. Fifa said “excessive and abusive” practices by agents included

Source: The Times December 16, 2021 10:31 UTC