Integrate ASC, it is to strive for excellence, being capable of playing football freely while knowing that every aspect of its career will be monitored and guided by top level co-workers.
It is essential to be able to separate advice coming from one's family from advice coming from a professional. It allows to avoid chaotic situations that we rarely can undo. We cannot improvise ourselves advisors, we learn it and we start to be one through hard work and experience.
The player must be supported by professionals all along his career. Even if support from family and close relatives is not negative and can be very beneficial in most cases, it must bring solutions and ideas on the table. It must under no circumstances distract the player from his professional goals and have an impact on his athletic performances over time.
« Every flatterer depends on his listener ».
One of the most significant fact in the 21st century stays the Adebayor case. One of the most talented players of his generation forced to put an end to his family relationships after having subjected to threats, racket and emotional blackmail. If a doubt remains in your environment, protect your family and friends and don't integrate them into your professional project. Keep family relationships undamaged. We can be an alternative solution that will not inhibit dialogue with all parties concerned.
« In the Thauvin case, having been the friend of the father and having become the agent of his child against all odds, the parisian butcher will remain a very special case. Not everyone can monitor the career of a football player, everyone sticks to what he or she is good at. If tomorrow Jorge Mendès would decide to start a bakery business,the likelihood that the result wouldn't be convincing is pretty high..."
In order to alert our clients on this scourge, here are some links towards articles relating concrete facts :
the incredible vendetta between Adebayor and his family and The environment of the player is often his greatest enemy