Diego Costas impending arrival at Chelsea sees manager Jose Mourinho extend relationship with Jorge Mendes Jason Burts Inside Football: Strikers move marks another piece of big transfer business in which Chelsea manager has acquired a player represented by the man who represents him Loyal customer: Numerous players that Jose Mourinho has signed have come via agent Jorge Mendes Photo: GETTY IMAGES By Jason Burt 2:21PM BST 05 Jun 2014 Follow Comments Diego Costa’s impending £32 million move to Chelsea represents another triumph for Jorge Mendes, who is rightly described as a super- agent. It also marks another piece of big transfer business in which Jose Mourinho has acquired a player represented by the man who represents him. A conservative estimate is that Costa will become the seventh Mendes client Mourinho has signed for Chelsea over two spells. And at least one other is to follow. Add in Inter Milan and Real Madrid and Mourinho has made at least 12 signings involving Mendes. There is absolutely nothing wrong in that especially as Mendes’ has such a good track record of delivering. Many managers share agents – or agencies – with players they buy: such as West Ham United ’s Sam Allardyce who is looked after by the agent Mark Curtis whose biggest clients include the club’s record purchase Andy Carroll and captain Kevin Nolan. The links between Mourinho and Mendes are extremely strong and date from the day the agent gained the mandate to organise the manager’s departure from Porto to join Chelsea back in the summer of 2004. Such is Mendes’s influence and ability to get things done that it is often said that any player – or coach – who leaves Portugal usually has to go through him. That is not far from the truth such is the reputation he has for getting deals done.
Posted on: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 15:41:51 +0000
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