The key to the signing of Alaba

“Alaba has a greedy piranha as a representative”. This was how he defined Uli hoeness, Bayern boss, to Pini Zahavi, the powerful Israeli agent who advises the central chosen by Madrid if Ramos finally leaves. Product or not of the heater, the fact is that that powerful statement in the German press by the head of the Bavarian club, weeks before the negotiations between the footballer and Bayern were definitively broken to renew, they explain the tough negotiator character of Zahavi, the man that Madrid will have to deal with.

A representative who served as a journalist in the seventies and now he has become a kind of Lord Wolf of the great transfers. A facilitator. For establishing the bridges for the signing of Neymar by PSG he pocketed 10.7 million euros.

Thus, based on astronomical commissions and negotiating almost with blood each contract, it is how he has made his fortune. At least until he ran into Bayern, to which he asked according to various sources 20 million euros as commission for renewing a footballer, Alaba, who was his since he was a child. Hoeness decided to throw in the towel. “Zahavi says nonsense all the time, it is madness. One cannot imagine what he wants for Alaba to renew,” explained Hoeness again, who did not blame his sports director (ex-footballer Salihamidzic) for not coming to fruition: “I understand that you lost patience in one of the meetings …”.

The commission is the central element, in economic terms, of the signing of Alaba by Madrid or any club that wants him. The terms of the player's salary seem stable (wants 12 million euros net per season, the same that Ramos has been collecting in Chamartín) but the chop Zahavi's can be unbalancing.

Tried it with Lewandowski

In favor of Madrid is that the Israeli intermediary has been trying to associate his name with that of the white club for some time. It happened when Lewandowski drew on his extensive experience, including the acquisition of Chelsea by Roman Abramovich, to fulfill his dream of being a Madrid player. Zahavi came to be seen in the Bernabéu box (He is a regular in those scenarios) but he did not manage to unblock the matter between Madrid and Bayern, which he did not want to sell, in addition to the fact that Benzema's presence hampered that possibility. Zahavi's anger was such that it made the Polish's previous agent ugly through messages that were leaked on Football leaks. What did not happen with Lewandowski can now happen with Alaba.