One of Hollywood’s most-powerful talent agencies has acquired one of soccer’s biggest player representation agencies. Los Angeles-based International Creative Management Partners, whose clients include the actors Samuel L. Jackson and Ellen DeGeneres, said Thursday it had purchased the London-based Stellar Group, representatives of Gareth Bale, once the world’s most-expensive player, as part of plans to diversify into sports. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. ICM’s move into soccer follows a similar entry by one of its biggest rivals, Creative Artists Agency, which last year acquired Base Soccer Agency. Base competes with Stellar Group for players, commissions and supremacy in the $7 billion global marketplace for soccer talent.

Source: International New York Times October 08, 2020 14:08 UTC