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World Service,03 Feb 2015,18 mins

Super-agent Jorge Mendes

Business Daily

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In a rare interview, the world's most powerful football agent Jorge Mendes defends the huge sums of money sloshing around in professional football. We also hear the story of Thior Bjorgolfsson, the Icelandic billionaire who made a fortune in Russia and lost it all in the financial crisis. And James Srodes in Washington warns on the impact that corruption is having on everyone's living standards. (Photo: Jorge Mendes. Credit: Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty Images)

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