Staff and Agency System in Football Agent

This page documents the staff and agency management systems in Football Agent as observed through community gameplay.

Staff categories

Scouts

The most important early-game staff. Scouts are assigned to leagues and return with player reports. Key properties:

• Skill level — affects accuracy of reports. Improves with experience and training investment.
• Specialty — some scouts are better at evaluating attacking players, others at defenders, goalkeepers, or youth talent.
• Cost — weekly salary. Elite scouts cost significantly more than novices.
• Availability — a scout can only run one mission at a time.

Recommended early-game: hire two scouts with different specialties. Do not hire a third until your income is stable.

Data Analysts

Analysts improve the quality of scouting reports without requiring longer missions. Key properties:

• Accuracy bonus — adds to report accuracy regardless of scout quality or mission duration.
• Speed bonus — slightly reduces the time needed for missions when analysts are assigned.
• Cost — moderate weekly salary. High value for money.

Recommended: hire at least one analyst as early as possible. They provide consistent value with minimal ongoing cost.

Lawyers

Lawyers improve your position in complex contract negotiations:

• Contract risk reduction — reduces the chance of contract disputes after signing.
• Negotiation bonus — provides a small advantage in multi-party negotiations.
• Cost — moderate to high weekly salary.

Lawyers become more important as your client roster grows and contract complexity increases.

PR Managers

PR staff manage press relationships for you and your clients:

• Negative press reduction — lowers probability of negative stories during negotiations.
• Positive press increase — raises probability of reputation-building positive stories.
• Crisis management — reduces the damage of major negative events (scandals, failed deals, etc.).

Recommended: hire one PR manager before taking on high-profile clients.

Physios

Physios improve the medical care your clients receive:

• Injury frequency reduction — clients with good club medical support get injured less often.
• Recovery speed bonus — injured clients recover faster.
• Cost — moderate weekly salary.

Most valuable for agencies with clients in physically demanding positions (defenders, wingers, forwards).

Headquarters progression

Stage 1: Home Office

Starting location. Cost: none. Benefits: minimal. You can run a basic agency from here but staff slots are limited.

Stage 2: Small Agency

First physical office. Cost: moderate upfront investment. Benefits: +2 additional staff slots.

Stage 3: Regional Office

A presence in another country. Cost: significant investment. Benefits: automatic scouting access to that region + additional staff slot.

Stage 4: International HQ

Major office in a football capital city. Cost: very high. Benefits: global bonuses to reputation growth, +1 scout effectiveness, additional staff slots.

Stage 5: Global Agency

Final stage. Cost: maximum. Benefits: all previous benefits plus the highest possible reputation ceiling.

Investment timing guidelines

Based on community experience:

• Do not upgrade headquarters until you have 12 weeks of operating costs in reserve after the upgrade.
• Do not hire elite scouts until your average weekly commission covers their salary with room to spare.
• Prioritise analysts over PR and physios in the early game.

Community notes

Early Access Day-1 players reported that the home office stage felt restrictive for too long, and many upgraded prematurely and suffered cash flow problems as a result. The community consensus is to stay at home office as long as possible while building cash reserves.