10) Wagner Ribeiro
Wagner Ribeiro wields huge influence in Brazil and is chiefly known as the agent of Neymar. He played a key role in bringing young Brazilian footballers to Europe and represents the likes of Hulk and Lucas Moura apart from Neymar.
Ribeiro, who was involved in the shady dealings with third party stakeholders in the controversial Neymar transfer, now stands to earn about €11 million from Neymar’s recent contract renewal at the Camp Nou till 2021.
Lucas Moura, who moved to PSG in 2013, also ensured Ribeiro a pretty sum after the Parisiens coughed up the money, as Manchester United refused to pay such high transfer fee to the agent. With both of them in their prime, Ribeiro is set to benefit further from his 2 principal clients.
9) Fernando Felicevich
Fernando Felicevich has been described by Forbes magazine as the ‘King of South American football’ but it seems like he is the king of Chilean football too. He has built himself a mini empire in Chile and represents the likes of Claudio Bravo and Arturo Vidal.
Felicevich signed up Alexis Sanchez when he was just 15 years old and has engineered his career path from Udinese to Barcelona to Arsenal. Such is his influence that he managed to convince Bayer Leverkusen to sign Chilean midfielder Charles Aranguiz and Inter Milan to snap up Gary Medel. He is known for a parental approach with his players.
He pulled in commissions worth around $22.8 million last year as per Forbes.
