We have all seen the headlines, read the social media nattering and heard the boos. Then came the news: Samuel Umtiti, Mr. In It For the Money Happy to Sit On His Ass and Get Paid, took a 10 percent pay cut. He also agreed to spread out the rest of the salary due on his contract over a longer period, which allowed the club to register its brightest new signing, Ferran Torres.
It's so bizarre to see an agent salt the field like that. I get coming in to these things with sharpened teeth. Hell, I wish I had that for myself! And it's not the agent's responsibility to put together a winning team! But it is a team sport and Dembele has been repeatedly (and wrongly) accused of being unprofessional. It's hard to see how an agent actually being unprofessional helps anyone.
It's so bizarre to see an agent salt the field like that. I get coming in to these things with sharpened teeth. Hell, I wish I had that for myself! And it's not the agent's responsibility to put together a winning team! But it is a team sport and Dembele has been repeatedly (and wrongly) accused of being unprofessional. It's hard to see how an agent actually being unprofessional helps anyone.
Also, we owe Umtiti a round of grateful applause.