""There needs to be a change," she explains. "There's too much power for clubs. "Players are sometimes hostages of situations. I'm not fighting for chaos. We need the transfer system for the whole thing to work. But we need more balance. "We are in a transfer window, and I can bet you, because I see it at the end of every window, somebody will cry. There's always a player crying because he could have gone, needed to go and a club said they want 1m more.""
""Football used to be more human," Pimenta adds. "A football director or an owner would have a special relationship with the player. If a player""
Rafaela Pimenta is a 53-year-old Brazilian agent and the only football figure on Forbes' '50 over 50' list for 2026. Her client roster includes Erling Haaland, Liverpool manager Arne Slot and Mexican prospect Gilberto Mora. Pimenta combines warm presence with a serious stance on industry issues, notably the treatment of women and players in football. She argues the transfer system currently grants excessive power to clubs, leaving players as "hostages of situations" and causing distress at windows. Recent CJEU findings against FIFA rules prompted an interim FIFA framework addressing compensation and burden of proof.
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