Football Agent Commission Calculator
Estimate earnings from signings, transfers, and sell-on clauses
This calculator is a pause button for Football Agent money, not a studio-certified payroll. You start a save with about €50,000. Weekly operating costs start eating it immediately. Bankruptcy ends the file. The first commission does not arrive when you sign a player to your books — it arrives when that player signs for a club. Until then the opening bankroll is a runway. Use the fields below with numbers from your negotiation summary, then read the rules that sit under the arithmetic.
For the ledger behind the percentages, see the agency economy. For how boards now price deals, see the transfer market. For the first placement in isolation, use your first client. Patch dates for fee caps live on the patch notes page.
How to use
Use the in-game values for each field:
- Transfer or contract fee — the total value of the deal as shown in the negotiation summary. After 27 August 2026 that number sits under realistic caps; do not paste a fantasy auction.
- Your commission rate — the percentage you negotiated as your take from the deal. Community play clusters around 10–15%. Above 20% you become easy to refuse.
- Sell-on clause percentage — if you negotiated a sell-on, enter that percentage. It pays later, when the buying club sells the player on.
- Future sale estimate — if you are estimating income from a later transfer of the same client, enter the estimated future fee. Price that future fee for the rebuilt market, not for a highlight reel.
The output is a sketch. Weekly wages, scouting trips, and random-event choices share the same account the calculator cannot see.
Commission types
Signing commission
When a client is placed with a club, you receive a signing fee based on the contract value and your negotiated rate.
Signing commission = Contract value × Commission rate
This is the cheque that turns the €50,000 from a countdown into a career. Place the unsigned starter first. Do not hire a second scout on the hope that this formula will fire next week.
Transfer commission
When a client is sold, you receive commission based on the transfer fee and your negotiated rate.
Transfer commission = Transfer fee × Commission rate
After the 27 August rebuild, fees are capped at realistic levels. Mega transfers are the exception, not the weekly rhythm. A high percentage of a capped fee can still be a living. A high percentage of a fee the board cannot pay is a dead week while costs tick.
Sell-on clause
A sell-on clause pays you a percentage of any future transfer of the client by the buying club.
Sell-on payment = Future transfer fee × Sell-on percentage
Sell-on does not fire on a contract renewal with the same club. It fires when the player is sold again. In a market where headline fees are sane, the second sale is often the cheque that actually funds staff. Trade a slightly lower signing cut for a sell-on you can defend, especially on a 17-year-old whose minutes you intend to protect.
First commission, weekly costs, and the €50,000
Until a client is at a club and earning, the agency generates nothing reliable. Weekly costs still run: staff wages, headquarters, scouting missions, retainers, travel, and any paid gesture in a random event. Keep a floor of several weeks of operating costs in cash. Eight weeks is a widely used community rule; two weeks is panic.
Do not spend the first commission as if you had arrived. Recalculate weekly costs the same day. If the new income does not cover wages plus a buffer for events, you have delayed bankruptcy, not grown. Reinvest in one income-producing role, not a full office, until a second cheque exists. The getting started guide is the practical twin of this warning.
27 August 2026: fee caps and carried spend
The transfer market rebuild on 27 August 2026 changed the numbers you should type into this tool:
- Clubs carry spending into later seasons. A board that empties the till one summer feels it the next. Do not assume every 1 July is a reset.
- Fees sit at realistic caps. Giant transfers are rare. If the calculator only looks generous because you typed a cartoon fee, you are pricing the wrong world.
- The market is a world market. A realistic fee in one country can still find a buyer two borders away — or fail because those boards already spent.
Price the deal for that world. Then use how to sign clients to lock the rate, and how to sell players to structure the sell-on.
Worked thinking, not a promise
Example shape, not a guarantee: a €400,000 transfer at 12% is €48,000 before tax of weekly costs. A 8% cut plus a 15% sell-on on a later €600,000 move can out-earn a greedy 20% that the board refused. After the cap, the second path is how agencies survive when mega fees stop appearing every window.
Club Mandates are a separate income line: a board asks for a player, you propose from Market or Club Mandates, and a valid accepted proposal pays. Do not put mandate fees into the transfer fields above. They are job-board money, useful while you wait for a signing cheque, not a substitute for placing the starter.
Related guides
- How to Sign Clients — negotiating commission rates without pricing yourself out
- How to Sell Players — sell-on clauses and transfer talks after the cap
- Agency Economy — weekly costs, bankruptcy, and mandate income
Treat the calculator as a pause button, not a permission slip. After the 27 August rebuild, clubs carry last summer’s spend into the next season and headline fees sit under realistic caps. A percentage that looked rich on a fantasy auction can starve the weekly ledger. Land the first commission from a real club shirt, then let sell-on clauses do the slow work the opening €50,000 cannot.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers to the most common questions.
What commission rate should I negotiate for?
Community play clusters around 10–15%. Going above 20% makes you easy to refuse on high-interest players. You can trade a slightly lower cut for a sell-on clause and performance bonuses, which matter more after fees were capped.
Do sell-on clauses apply to contract renewals?
No. Sell-on clauses apply only when the player is transferred to another club. A renewal with the same club does not trigger a sell-on payment.
When does the first commission actually arrive?
After a client signs for a club, not when he signs for your agency. You start with about €50,000 and weekly costs. Until that club contract exists, the bankroll is a runway and bankruptcy is still the fail state.
How did 27 August 2026 change the numbers I should type in?
Fees sit at realistic caps, mega transfers are the exception, and clubs carry spending into later seasons. Type the fee the rebuilt market will pay, not the auction you remember from the first days of Early Access.
Should Club Mandate fees go into this calculator?
No. Mandates are a separate job-board payment when you successfully propose a player a club asked for. Use the fields above for contract and transfer cuts, and keep mandate income on the economy ledger.