“Florentino explained to me why Kroos was the signing of the century”

Volker Struth, the renowned German footballers agent (he brings players like Real Madrid player Toni Kroos, Bayern Upamecano player, also coach Julian Nagelsmann, to name a few), was the star of the podcast OMR by Philipp Westermeyer. In it, the representative He shared some of his experiences. One of them has as its main actor the president of Real Madrid, Florentino Pérez: “Shortly before the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic, he invited me to lunch. He is an incredibly nice person, with a great life story. He seems entrepreneurial, but he’s still human. He explained to me why Toni (Kroos) is for him Real Madrid’s signing of the century “, explains Struth, whose life within the sports industry has been described in the book My moves (‘Mis movimientos’). The German is unbeatable in terms of price-performance ratio.

In his book, Struth explains his professional career. A short trajectory, since it began about 14 years ago and in which he has lived everything: “There are good and bad things in our industry, and that is the case with the clubs. I have rarely had a friendly relationship, And that’s a good thing, because we have too different interests for that. But there are a lot of great people who do great work. ” The German agent explains that sport is a lucrative business: “As a rule, we earn 10% of a player’s annual salary, which the club also pays. A player’s agent receives money for accompanying a business, for mediating. This is also the case in many industries. Only here it is a popular and frequent discussion because it is football and many emotions arise ”.

He also pointed out his beginnings, how he started working as a carpenter until one day, the German coach Reiner Calmund, proposed to him to work in the world of football: “My story is very, very difficult to repeat today. I was fortunate to enter this business at a time when many highly talented 17- and 18-year-olds were gambling without having a consultant. Today it is no longer conceivable. Boys are approached when they are 13-14 years old ”.