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Business / Fuppes22.09.2014

Jorge Mendes: the most powerful man in football?

The 20-year ascent of Mendes from Porto nightclub owner and friend of footballers to the beaming broker of the game’s most lucrative transfers has tracked the sport’s pay-TV-fuelled inflation itself, and Portugal’s status as a habitual exporter of players. Mendes built his name and the operation of his company, Gestifute, on attaining a remarkable dominance over the deals done by Portugal’s top three clubs, and he took several of these players on multi-million pound moves to England and Spain. There he has extended his influence, particularly after his client, José Mourinho, made the journey himself from Porto after 2004, to sign as the manager at Chelsea, then Internazionale and Real Madrid, now Chelsea again.

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Crimes / Fuppes / Strange / Videos01.03.2011

Ashley Cole shoots intern with rifle at Chelsea club grounds

Chelsea defender Ashley Cole is in strife after bringing a .22 air rifle to the club's training ground. Cole was clowning around with the riffle and accidentally shot 21-year-old student intern Tom Cowan.