The influence of agents on clubs is a vast theme that everyone can approach from a different angle. One thing is certain, at the end of the transfer window, some representatives have earned more money than others. And it’s hard to help thinking that the close ties between agents and sporting directors have nothing to do with it… On the PSG side, Jorge Mendes has now been using a certain influence for two seasons.
Just look at the players in the squad for whom he played a role. The latest are called Manuel Ugarte (Jorge Mendes had the mandate of the club and the player) and Gonçalo Ramos, whom PSG is preparing to recruit by paying 80 M€. But we remember that he was already involved in the arrivals of Carlos Soler, Vitinha, Fabian Ruiz, Renato Sanches, Marco Asensio, Cher Ndour, Kang-In Lee but also in the sense of departures, with those of Sarabia in Wolverhampton or the loan of Keylor Navas to Nottingham Forest. He is also present in the Barcola file, still studied by PSG. No agent has placed as many players at PSG as he has.
Players also wonder
As often, when an agent has so many players, and therefore influence, it cringes internally. Especially at Paris Saint-Germain, where nothing is simple, due to the composition of the organization chart. Luis Campos is thus not always on the same wavelength as his management, when it comes to talking transfer window. The recent example of Gonçalo Ramos is symptomatic. Luis Campos had targeted the player, under the approving eye of Jorge Mendes, when it was not shared in higher places.
Luis Campos does not hesitate either to praise the merits of his compatriot to the young elements of PSG and some have taken the plunge. Like El Chadaille Bitshiabu, who joined Jorge Mendes in April 2023, and who has since been transferred to RB Leipzig. Inevitably, this is noticeable, and it bothers even in the highest places. As for the players in the squad, they comment on the recruitment made among themselves, and are sometimes surprised at certain choices. Will the Gonçalo Ramos file be one too many for the Campos-Mendes tandem?
