FIFA hardens the tone with the agents and rejects more than half of them in the admission competition

FIFA will make people disappointed. Faced with the growing number of agents in the world of football, the world body had acted on the decision to revise its regulations last January. A hardening aimed in particular at limiting the power of agents, and guaranteeing the proper functioning of the transfer system. This Friday, The Times reports that this measure would have already had serious consequences during the entrance examination.

Indeed, the tabloid reports that 48% of the 3,800 officers who took the entrance exam last month failed. This week, the European Association of Football Agents (EFAA) has also teamed up with a Dutch agency to challenge the legality of this action by FIFA. Since the old entrance exam was scrapped in 2015, the number of officers in England has indeed quadrupled. Estimated at 500 7 years ago, today there are more than 2,000 to officiate in the country.

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