Duties, conduct and conflicts

Module 2: Acting as a football agent

Lesson four is the heart of professional conduct: what an agent owes the client, what an agent must never do, and what clients owe in return. Articles sixteen and eighteen. It is also where a live legal question sits, on approaching clients who are tied to another agent.

In this lesson

• Article 16: Rights and obligations
• Conduct an agent must never engage in
• Tell the client about every written offer
• The ban on multiple representation
• Clients under an exclusive agreement
• Article 18: Engagement of football agents
• Switching sides mid-deal