An agent is paid to move you, not to keep you happy
Video scouting was sold as a saving and became a subscription
A graphics vendor decides which numbers fans argue about
Image rights are the quiet half of every contract
Squad numbers stopped being a football decision a long time ago
The calendar gets sold before anybody schedules it
A release clause prices a player years before anyone wants him
An academy is an export business wearing a badge
Long contracts are an accounting choice, not a show of faith
Under multi-club ownership your transfer is an internal memo
A player's following is now a line in his valuation
Availability is the skill the transfer market keeps underpaying
The player generates the data and owns almost none of it
Give me the reverse angle and I will sell you a different player
An auction room rewards whichever skill fits on a highlight reel
The combine is a television show that happens to have a stopwatch
A loan deal is a lease with an option attached
