Can a Football Agent provide Other Services to a Client?

Yes. In principle, a Football Agent can provide Other Services to their Client. However, as the term implies, Other Services do not represent the core activity of a Football Agent and they should be secondary to the Football Agent Service.

In that sense, FIFA shall pay special attention to such agreements between parties in order to establish whether or not they are deliberately used by the parties involved to circumvent the FFAR principles on Football Agent Remuneration. According to article 15 paragraph 4 of the FFAR, any payment for Other Services made by a Client to a Football Agent in the 24 months prior to or following a Transaction shall be deemed part of the service fee paid to the Football Agent for that Transaction, unless proven to the contrary.

According to article 12 paragraph 8 of the FFAR, Football Agent Services and Other Services can only be provided in the same Transaction to a single Client. The only exception is that they can be performed in a dual-representation situation involving an Individual and an Engaging Entity. It should be noted that if that is the case, explicit written consent must be given by both the Clients. Hence, according to article 12 paragraph 9 of the FFAR, it is not possible to provide a combination of Football Agent Services and Other Services to other combinations of Clients.