Steve Bone

That's one good reason why a player would use an agent.

You know, it's the negotiating skills as well that agents must have and must develop over time.

A player that has a good spell in the Premier League, for example.

or championship if you want to use Pompey's division as an example, if other clubs know his contract is coming to an end, he's going to be in demand, isn't he?

And that is where the player himself might not have time to go around speaking to these different clubs and hearing what they have to offer.

And that's where he can lean on his agent and say, right,

Tell me who wants me.

Tell me what they're offering.

Tell me who you think is the best one and who's the worst one and which ones I should avoid.

And go from there.

So yeah, you can see why agents are there and why they earn a fair chunk of money.

But it does seem...

It does seem a little bit out of control, doesn't it?

The fees have spiralled.

And I wonder if football as an industry, as a sport, is happy with that.

I think that's a bit over the top.

I think he's done well since he came in.

I thought for the first month he was here he did very well.

Since then I think he's tailed off a little bit.

I don't think he's been quite as effective in the last month.