admira Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Derby not on a 'level playing field' with Wasserman Media Group links, according to rival agents By Charles Sale for the Daily Mail 22:40, 09 Mar 2017, updated 00:27, 10 * Derby academy chief Darren Wassall's son Ayrton works as coach for the club * * The former Rams youth player doubles as a scout for Wasserman Media Group * * Derby's chief executive Sam Rush joined the club from Wasserman's European operation and the agency look after a number of Rams players Derby County's close links with football agency Wasserman Media Group are upsetting rival agents, who claim it is not a 'level playing field' when representing players from the club. Derby academy chief Darren Wassall's son Ayrton works as one of the coaches in the youth set-up as well as being employed by WMG, mainly in a scouting capacity. A number of Derby players are on the WMG books, including Jamie Hanson, who is on loan at Wigan. He joined Derby around the same time as Wassall Jnr, who never made the grade. Derby County's close links with football agency Wasserman Media Group are upsetting rival agents, who claim it is not a 'level playing field' when representing players from the club. Derby academy chief Darren Wassall's son Ayrton works as one of the coaches in the youth set-up as well as being employed by WMG, mainly in a scouting capacity. A number of Derby players are on the WMG books, including Jamie Hanson, who is on loan at Wigan. He joined Derby around the same time as Wassall Jnr, who never made the grade. Derby's strong connection with WMG also runs to chief executive Sam Rush having joined the club from heading the agency's European operation. A Derby spokesman would only confirm that Ayrton Wassall is an academy coach. An WMG spokesman said that he worked with their agents but was not a licensed intermediary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealhantsram Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 A non-story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gritstone Ram Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Will any of this get us into the play offs or promoted? If no who cares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 I don't get it. "Rival agents" claim to be unhappy that Wasserman representatives are pushing players towards a club that they have connections with. So "rival agents" do what? Delete their phone book and put ads in the paper? "Rival agents" are running out of footballers to represent because the best players are all scouted by a DCFC contact? I don't get it. It sounds to me as if "rival agents" should get a little tiny tissue to mop up their little tiny tears and get to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninos Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 This story made me laugh because it's almost as though someone had a thought but couldn't complete the thought. Then they went to press with an unfinished thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Good. Scurge of the game. Absolute vermin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ariotofmyown Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 5 minutes ago, G STAR RAM said: Good. Scurge of the game. Absolute vermin. So much hate for the Wassalls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waffle Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Last night I posted this in the suggestion thread... Keeping it in the family: couldve started a topic on this but I thought I'd see what people think in here... looking on transfermrkt http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/derby-county/berateruebersicht/verein/22 Derby seemed to be linked often with players owned by the same agents. For example James Grant Sports: Rhodes, De Yedlin, Lawrence and Hourihane James Grant Sports also seems to make up most of our 07/08 side Key Sport Management: Lansbury, James, O'dowda and Paterson to name a few so, do you think they could just use Derby to drum up interest, or do you think our scouts only will use certain channels to search for players? Theres always been accusations in the past about Sam Rush's former agency and Derby. Wasserman's on Transfermrkt doesn't appear to claim the rights to any Derby players... http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/wasserman-media-group/beraterfirma/berater/440 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 They must be pretty desperate if they are worried about an agency has an advantage when it comes to Derby players. I think they're fishing in the wrong pond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admira Posted March 10, 2017 Author Share Posted March 10, 2017 It's The Daily Mail. They love a non-story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal is a Ram Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/wolves-fc-news-takeover-fosun-jorge-mendes-gestifute-a7472016.html Nothing new, is it. The group that bought Wolves has ties to 'super agent' Jorge Mendes. Every business has people they'd rather deal with. Why would football clubs be any different? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Made me laugh when the only player they can link to this conspiracy is Jamie Hanson! And as he and Ayrton were in the academy at the same time, what did he do? Sign him in the playground? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal is a Ram Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Just had a flick through that list. With the exception of Nacer Chadli and Divock Origi, looks to be mostly players in the MLS. And the legend that is Freddy Adu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammieib Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 They were really struggling for content in that story. Lets post the same information three times through the same piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 4 hours ago, admira said: Derby not on a 'level playing field' with Wasserman Media Group links, according to rival agents By Charles Sale for the Daily Mail 22:40, 09 Mar 2017, updated 00:27, 10 * Derby academy chief Darren Wassall's son Ayrton works as coach for the club * * The former Rams youth player doubles as a scout for Wasserman Media Group * * Derby's chief executive Sam Rush joined the club from Wasserman's European operation and the agency look after a number of Rams players Derby County's close links with football agency Wasserman Media Group are upsetting rival agents, who claim it is not a 'level playing field' when representing players from the club. Derby academy chief Darren Wassall's son Ayrton works as one of the coaches in the youth set-up as well as being employed by WMG, mainly in a scouting capacity. A number of Derby players are on the WMG books, including Jamie Hanson, who is on loan at Wigan. He joined Derby around the same time as Wassall Jnr, who never made the grade. Derby County's close links with football agency Wasserman Media Group are upsetting rival agents, who claim it is not a 'level playing field' when representing players from the club. Derby academy chief Darren Wassall's son Ayrton works as one of the coaches in the youth set-up as well as being employed by WMG, mainly in a scouting capacity. A number of Derby players are on the WMG books, including Jamie Hanson, who is on loan at Wigan. He joined Derby around the same time as Wassall Jnr, who never made the grade. Derby's strong connection with WMG also runs to chief executive Sam Rush having joined the club from heading the agency's European operation. A Derby spokesman would only confirm that Ayrton Wassall is an academy coach. An WMG spokesman said that he worked with their agents but was not a licensed intermediary. You can say that again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 2 hours ago, Waffle said: Last night I posted this in the suggestion thread... Keeping it in the family: couldve started a topic on this but I thought I'd see what people think in here... looking on transfermrkt http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/derby-county/berateruebersicht/verein/22 Derby seemed to be linked often with players owned by the same agents. For example James Grant Sports: Rhodes, De Yedlin, Lawrence and Hourihane James Grant Sports also seems to make up most of our 07/08 side Key Sport Management: Lansbury, James, O'dowda and Paterson to name a few so, do you think they could just use Derby to drum up interest, or do you think our scouts only will use certain channels to search for players? Theres always been accusations in the past about Sam Rush's former agency and Derby. Wasserman's on Transfermrkt doesn't appear to claim the rights to any Derby players... http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/wasserman-media-group/beraterfirma/berater/440 You could have added the First Contact agency. i suspect that a big part of our recruitment now is based on relationships with agents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Considering our privileged position with top agents we don't half buy some dross. Bring back Simon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigmaRam Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Sounds like a load of rubbish to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admira Posted March 10, 2017 Author Share Posted March 10, 2017 3 hours ago, uttoxram75 said: You can say that again! It was 6 in the morning and I was half asleep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester Ram Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Saw the usual think piece d*ckheads on Twitter making a deal out of this. Genuinely, who cares? Sort of story they'd eat up if it was Brighton doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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