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Jonathan Ian Barnett (born 28 January 1950) is a British football agent and is the chairman and founder of ICM Stellar Sports. [1] In 2019, he was named the number-one most powerful sports agent in the world, according to Forbes . [2] He is credited as being the man who brought Lennox Lewis into the boxing world.[ citation needed ]
While Barnett's first client was cricket player Brian Lara, he has made a name for himself since then representing some of the world's best football players. His client list includes Jack Grealish, Gareth Bale, Saul Niguez, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Jordan Pickford. He masterminded the £86 million move of Bale to Real Madrid from Tottenham Hotspur.
Barnett's agency is now the fourth-biggest sports management agency in the world and number one in football. [3]
In 2006, Barnett was banned by the Football Association (FA) for 12 months and fined £100,000 for arranging secret rendezvous between his client Ashley Cole and Chelsea F.C. representatives. [4]
Barnett is Jewish and is member of St John's Wood synagogue. [4] He is married and has three children. He is a supporter of Arsenal F.C.
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