Fifa Set To Remove Agents Licence Rule

World football governing body FIFA is set to remove the system for regulating football agents so that there is no longer any need to apply to represent a player.??

Not even a third of transfers completed worldwide go through licensed agents and its considered that it has become to hard to control who is representing which player.??

The FA has already spoken to football agents across the country and says: ‘it’s possible from October 2011 requirements for people becoming licensed agents will no longer apply.’

FIFA’s current agent regulations came into force on 1st January 2008, but over the last year a group has met to review how the current system is working.??

However, if 70% of all transfers are going through agents that aren’t officially FIFA licensed then the world football governing body may look to expel it.

FIFA said in a statement: ‘A possible new approach could be to regulate the conduct of clubs and players, and extend the scope of the regulations to include all kinds of intermediaries.’

‘The regulations would stop attempting to regulate access to the activity, and instead control the activity itself.’??

‘This would mean that players and clubs could choose any parties as intermediaries, be they legal entities, lawyers, relatives or spouses, but would have to meet certain criteria and respect certain principles.’

Last week FIFA claimed it can prevent money laundering in football transfers by expanding the use of the Transfer Matching System.??

The system requires both clubs in a player’s transfer to enter verified details of the payments and parties involved online.