By Dominic Vieira, writing from Portugal

He speaks English, French, Italian and Spanish, carries an army of mobile phones, sleeps few hours, possesses over 100 players worth over €500m, earns millions each year and is Portuguese. Jorge Mendes is one of the world's ‘super agents' who accomplished this recognition before reaching his 40th birthday.

I've asked Lyle Yorks for an interview several times to no avail. Agents aren't known for talking to press and short of Scott Boras are famous for the low profiles they keep in the shadowy underbelly of professional sports. So when Michael Wheeler appeared on Twitter, giving up information not just on client movement but personal research on the game, it struck me as odd.

Is there any lower form of life than a football agent?

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Bacary Sagna's agent claims Inter Milan could move for his client should Maicon leave to join Real Madrid.

There has been increased speculation over the last few days that the Italian goalkeeping legend Gigi Buffon was negotiating a move to Arsenal behind the scenes, with one paper even suggesting that there was a pre-contract already drawn up. But Buffon's agent, Silvano Martina, said: "There is no news.

Even though Arsene Wenger is in South Africa for the World Cup, it seems that there is still work being done behind the scenes to secure his main targets, of which the first one is the Lorient centre-back Laurent Koscielny. Just like with Thomas Vermaelen last summer, it looks like Arsenal are driving a hard bargain, [.

There were thousands of reports yesterday saying that Harry Redknapp was under the impression that the out-of-contract Chelsea midfielder/striker, Joe Cole, had already "done a deal" with Man Utd. Tottenham manager Redknapp said that he had tried to start talks with Cole's agents, but they were refusing to answer his calls, which led him to [.

The Arsenal left back Gael Clichy has been linked with a move away from the Emirates in the last few days, with both Real Madrid and Juventus named as possible suitors, but today his agent denies there is the slightest thread of truth in them and has no idea where the rumours started. The afent, Ivan [.

While there are tons of cool and exciting technological advancements which are coming our way, yet few things seem cooler than AGENT's new soccer ball, the CTRUS. The slogan or theme which goes with this new ball is, "Fair Play is all about Transparency", and it fits very well with this ball, mainly because it's transparent!