Kylian Mbappe's mum played hardball with his wages, Nicolas Anelka's brothers engineered his Arsenal exit and Eden Hazard's dad got an agent's licence to push through a Real Madrid move... players who were represented by family members

The thought of a parent walking into their child's office to negotiate a pay rise is unthinkable, but in football, this is becoming a rather common situation as players to put their trust in family members.