Agency management in FootyAgent

Office and client capacity

Your office decides how many clients you can represent at the same time. It has 10 levels:

Staff

6 roles, each with a clear job:

• Chief Scout – brings more and more talented players into your scouting pool.
• Analyst – uncovers hidden information in negotiations, such as a club's pain threshold.
• Contract Lawyer – raises your commission on transfers and salaries.
• Co-Agent – looks after delegated clients on his own, for half the commission.
• Physiotherapist – gets injured clients back on the pitch sooner.
• PR Manager – handles media pressure and makes interviews more valuable.

Licences

There are 4 licences, and each one opens new doors:

• National licence – where every agency starts.
• Continental licence – unlocks targeted poaching of rival agents' clients and your first specialisation.
• World licence – players rated 88 or higher only negotiate with agents at this level or above.
• Legend licence – a second specialisation; your name speaks for itself.

Specialisations

A specialisation gives your agency an identity – each with an advantage and a price:

• Talent hunter – one extra talent in every batch and a sharper potential estimate; sponsors pay your clients 10 % less.
• Hard-nosed – better chances in every negotiation; clients are a little less satisfied.
• Networker – contacts become useful earlier and your rapport with clubs grows faster; you are worse at poaching.

Reputation and agency tiers

Your reputation (0–100) reflects the quality of your work and places your agency in one of 6 tiers: Local Agency, Regional Agency, National Agency, Continental Agency, Worldwide Agency and Legendary Agency. A higher tier brings bigger sponsors and stronger talents who take your calls. You also compete in a ranking of 100 agencies.

Brand and sponsors

Successful agents become a brand: interviews, TV appearances and sponsor tiers bring extra income and help when you try to win over a rival's client.

Club shares and presidency

Commissions can be invested in club shares, which pay dividends. With more than half of a club's shares you become its president: you choose one of 4 strategies – Youth & Sales, Title Chase, Austerity or Balanced – and upgrade the stadium and the academy. Promotion or relegation of your club has consequences for you, too.

Running costs and risk

Every upgrade and every employee raises your weekly costs. Expand too fast, or lose your best clients in a bad window, and debt piles up – a long stretch in the red puts your agency at risk.