About Feature Football Agency
Feature FA is a football agency that offers services as a football agent and seeks to protect football players’ and football clubs’ sporting and financial interests.
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With offices in Norway and Morocco, Feature FA assists players and clubs with domestic and international transfers and represents and guides players and clubs in connection with contract signings and as well as most aspects of football player’s career.
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At Feature FA, we understand the players and the clubs, and their opportunities and challenges, and use our knowledge to maximize the possibility for our clients to achieve their goals. Our advice is clear and practical, and always takes our client’s interests into account. Feature FA is based on an principle that the relationship between a football agent and the club or player he represents is built on mutual trust, a trust that must be established through mutual relationships and the achievement of common goals. In football, the circumstances change quickly, and we need to be adaptable in order to be able to always look after players and clubs in the best possible way.
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Feature FA is owned by Espen Auberg and Jamal El Mazari.
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Espen is the CEO of Feature Football Agency and a FIFA certified football agent. In addition to being a football agent he is a recognized lawyer who specializes in football law. He has a background from the Norwegian Football Association, where he was legal director for ten years. In addition to his law degree, he has two diploma degrees in Football Management and Football Law. He is a former member of UEFA's legal committee and has developed a large network in football, with close contacts in UEFA, FIFA, national football associations and football clubs.
Jamal is a former footballer of Moroccan heritage. After finishing his professional football career, Jamal has held central positions in Puma for 10 years and Nike for 11 years, and has had key roles when concluding kit deals with several national teams and top clubs. Jamal is based in Rabat, Morocco, and has a close relationship with the top academies and clubs in Northern Africa.
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Espen's and Jamal’s backgrounds enable them to give footballers and football clubs top advice and assistance in transfers and negotiations.
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Feature FA uses its solid international network, vast experience, professional insight, and in-depth knowledge of football. We strive to always do what is best for our players and clubs.
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For Feature FA, it is particularly important comply with football regulations, hereunder the FIFA Football Agent Regulations (FFAR). This involves, among other things, that at the start of an assignment we will always make sure to enter into a representation contract with the player or club we will represent, in accordance with FIFA's regulations.
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The representation contract will regulate Feature FA’s fee. We work based on a "no cure - no pay" model, which means that we only charge if we succeed in completing a transfer or signing a contract. Usually, the fee is calculated as a percentage of the contract value. If Feature FA is engaged by the player, the fee will be calculated as a percentage of the player's salary. In such cases, it is very common for the club to accept to pay the football agent's fee, which is typically agreed towards the end of the contract negotiations. If Feature FA is engaged by the buying or selling club, the fee will normally be calculated as a proportion of the transfer fee.
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If the player is considering changing clubs, Feature FA will play an important role by making use of its national and international network and connect the player with clubs that may be appropriate for a transfer, and in this connection act as a link between the player, the new club, and the existing club.
Where Feature FA assists players, we have an important role in contract negotiations with the club, as the player will usually have little or no experience in such negotiations, while the club is often represented by experienced managers who regularly participate in contract negotiations. In such a situation, Feature FA will ensure that the player's interests are looked after in the best possible way.
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When entering into a player contract, we will normally use standard contracts prepared by the relevant national football association. In such a player contract, salary and other financial benefits will be important, which will be negotiated by Feature FA, in cooperation with the player. In addition to a fixed salary, we will normally negotiate various bonuses and additional benefits. Such individual bonuses and additional benefits can be sign-on fees, which are either paid as a lump sum or in fixed installments once or twice a year. We can also negotiate bonuses for the number of games played, goals scored and assists. It is also common to negotiate loyalty bonuses, which are paid after the player has been at the club for a certain time. We also ensure that the player becomes part of the club's team bonus scheme, where the player receives a share of a team bonus for the club's achievements, e.g., related to how far the team gets in the cup, position in the table at the end of the season or participation in UEFA's competitions. It may be a good idea to include buyout clauses in the player contract, which means that the club is obliged to approve a transfer if a club pays a predefined amount. For some of the most high-profile players, it may also be appropriate for us to negotiate an agreement that regulates the player's image rights.
Feature FA represents clubs in connection with transfers, where we work with our national and international network to carry out transfers for players who fit the club's profile. Before a club can start negotiations with a player, it must first be clarified with the player's club that they have permission to contact the player, and Feature FA will be able to play an important role in this process. Feature FA will also negotiate with selling clubs or football agents representing selling clubs to ensure the lowest possible transfer fee. A transfer fee will depend on many factors, e.g., the player's age, sporting level, and remaining contract length. If the player's contract has expired or expires within six months, the player can normally be signed without a transfer fee being paid, but it must still be clarified whether a transfer can trigger a claim for training compensation. Feature FA will be able to help clarify this, as well as enter into agreements with clubs that are entitled to training compensation that they waive their rights in this regard.
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