Meet the moneymen

Pat Dolan (clients: Shane Long and Kevin Doyle)

A former manager to Doyle and Long at Cork City, Dolan was a TV pundit for some time, but maintained a professional relationship with the players after they departed for England in 2005. Each has since made a couple of lucrative transfers.

Eamonn Collins (clients: David Forde, Glenn Whelan, Daryl Murphy)

Another ex-League of Ireland boss, Collins’s extensive contact list in English football proved invaluable ...