Let’s talk about money with Volker Struth – economy

On the wall of the conference room in the Cologne agency Sports 360 hangs a framed Toni Kroos jersey with the number 2023 on the back. It is the year in which the footballer’s contract with Real Madrid expires – so until then, Volker Struth has to use his shirt may have found most prominent clients. “THANK YOU!”, Kroos wrote underneath. Struth, who grew up in a poor workers’ area just outside Cologne, played football in street and club teams and is now Germany’s most powerful player’s agent. With his two dozen employees, he looks after around 80 footballers, including Marco Reus, Mario Götze, Timo Werner and Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann. The 55-year-old published his autobiography a few weeks ago. Title “My moves”.