The 5 Richest Football Agents in the World

#3 Jonathan Barnett

The outspoken agent of players like Gareth Bale.

Agency: Stellar Group.

Net Worth: $79.56 M

Contract Value Under Management: $795.6 M

Notable Players: Gareth Bale, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Grzegorz Krychowiak, Adam Lallana, Joe Hart, Luke Shaw, Ashley Cole.

Jonathan Barnett is a man that called out the iconic (spoilers) Jorge Mendes after breaking the world transfer record with the transfer of Gareth Bale to Real Madrid from Tottenham Hotspur. He also was the agent of Luke Shaw when he became the most expensive teenage transfer from Southampton to Manchester United.

He has attacked FIFA and the English FA, as he said to The Guardian, “If I’m cold and callous, I don’t care. What frustrates me is the lack of understanding by FIFA and the FA of what a proper agency does. It’s absolutely ridiculous that they come up with rules when nobody knows what they’re talking about. They haven’t got a clue.”

He has claimed to have the largest football agency in the world, with only Jorge Mendes being close to his status of wealth. However, this list has him only on third place and behind the man he considers his closest rival.