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Ozil’s agent Dr Erkut Sogut reveals how to become a football agent

The representative of the Arsenal star and Ilkay Gundogan has co-authored a new book which aims to guide the next generation of football agents

Playing top-level football may be a highly competitive market to break into, but so is looking after players of such a standard.

Nevertheless, figures published in April by the FA showed that between February 2016 and the end of January 2017, the Premier League spent a combined £220 million on agents’ fees, making it a potentially lucrative industry.

The path to becoming a football agent is not, however, clear, but one man is now trying to change that.