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Football · The Agent DeskPublished · 2026-08-13
The Agent Desk

€275m across 82 moves: inside the book Sport Cover has built

35 clients, 46 buying clubs, and a biggest single deal of €35.0m. What the record shows an intermediary actually moved.
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The transfer record names Sport Cover as the intermediary on 82 moves across the last four seasons. 20 of those carried a disclosed fee, and those fees total €275m.

Fees moved
€275m
Disclosed fees only — undisclosed deals are not estimated.
Recorded moves
82
Across 35 different clients.
Biggest single deal
€35.0m
PlayerFromToFeeSeason
Benjamin MendyMonacoMan City€57.5m2017/18
Michy BatshuayiMarseilleChelsea€39.0m2016/17
Geoffrey KondogbiaMonacoInter€36.0m2015/16
Dilane BakwaR. StrasbourgNott'm Forest€35.0m2025/26
Mattéo GuendouziLazioFenerbahçe€28.0m2025/26
Seko FofanaLensAl-Nassr€25.0m2023/24
Jérémie BogaSassuoloAtalanta€22.0m2022/23
Geoffrey KondogbiaInterValencia€22.0m2018/19

An intermediary's commission is not in this record, so none is quoted here. What is on record is the business itself: the moves, the clubs on either side, and the fees those moves carried.

Transfer record, fees and market values: ACTUAL TRANSFER MARKET (actualtransfermarket.com). Analysis: ACTUAL SPORT INTELLIGENCE.

Confidence HighEvidence Actual Sport IntelligencePublished 2026-08-13Partial commission withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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