FIFA-licensed  ·  Est. 2018  ·  32 countries

Where the turf meets the numbers

Two disciplines, one agency. The craft that happens on the grass, and the cold arithmetic of the contract that follows it — handled by people who show you their working.

2018 Established
140+ Careers managed
32 Countries worked
96% Client retention
The agency

Most agencies sell
access. We sell
judgement.

Anyone can forward a highlight reel. Very few people can tell a twenty-two-year-old whether the offer in front of him is the one that builds a career or the one that quietly ends it.

TNSM was founded in 2018 on a simple discipline: never present a number without the reasoning behind it. Every contract we negotiate is modelled clause by clause. Every player we recommend arrives with footage, physical data and an honest note on where they would struggle. It makes for harder conversations and better careers.

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A footballer and his advisor walking together through a stadium tunnel
Since 2018
Built for the long season London · Lagos · Lisbon

2018

Established

Seven seasons in the market

140 +

Careers managed

Senior, youth and academy

32

Countries worked

Europe, Africa, Gulf, Americas

96 %

Client retention

Season on season

Two halves of one game

The turf.
The numbers.

The name is the method. One half of this agency lives at the training ground. The other half lives in the spreadsheet. A career needs both, and most players are only ever offered one.

The turf

Eyes on the grass

Scouts in stadiums, not on streaming platforms. Coaches we have known for a decade. The judgement that tells you a player's first touch will survive a level up — something no model has ever measured.

The numbers

Proof on the page

Comparable wage bands, appearance triggers, sell-on structures, tax exposure and five-year projections. Everything modelled before it is signed, and everything shown to the player in plain language.

What we do

Six disciplines,
one mandate

From the first assessment call to the last contract of a career — and the commercial life that outlasts it.

01 / 6

Player Representation

Full FIFA-compliant representation across the length of a career, not the length of a transfer window.

Detail
02 / 6

Contract & Deal Negotiation

Every clause modelled before it is signed. Bonuses, release terms, image rights, tax exposure.

Detail
03 / 6

Global Scouting & Recruitment

A live network across 32 countries, from grassroots pitches to first-team benches.

Detail
04 / 6

Career Architecture

The move that is right this summer is not always the move that is right for the career.

Detail
05 / 6

Brand & Commercial

Image rights, endorsements and partnerships that fit the player rather than the payday.

Detail
06 / 6

Legal, Tax & Advisory

Specialist counsel on registration, disputes, relocation, tax residency and life after football.

Detail
How we work

Five stages.
No surprises.

The same process for a Championship regular and an eighteen-year-old out of an academy. Only the numbers change.

01

Assessment

A structured review of footage, physical data, contract status and ambition. We tell you honestly where you sit in the market — including when the answer is not what you hoped.

02

The Plan

A written five-year career map: target leagues, realistic wage bands, the minutes needed at each stage and the clubs whose systems actually fit how you play.

03

Placement

We work our club network directly — sporting directors, heads of recruitment, coaches. Real conversations with named decision-makers, never mass emails.

04

Negotiation

Every offer modelled clause by clause before you see it, so the decision is made on complete information and the numbers are never a surprise.

05

The Long Season

Once signed, the work continues: welfare, relocation, performance reviews, renewal timing and the commercial side building quietly in the background.

The roster

Represented
by TNSM

Senior professionals and academy talent across nine leagues. A deliberately small list — we take on what we can genuinely serve.

Forward

Marcus Adeyemi

Belgian Pro League ENG / NGA Age 24

Defensive Mid

Tomás Rivera

Liga Portugal 2 ESP Age 26

Centre Back

Idriss Camara

Eredivisie CIV Age 23

Goalkeeper

Luka Petrović

Super League GR SRB Age 28

Left Winger

Daniel Okonkwo

Championship NGA Age 22

Attacking Mid

Yusuf Benali

Ligue 2 MAR / FRA Age 25

A scout reviewing a training session from the stadium stands
For clubs
Shortlists you can act on Footage · Data · Honest fit
Recruitment partners

We do not
send you names.
We send you fits.

Give us the profile — position, system, budget band, timeline — and you get a written shortlist with match footage, physical data, verified availability and a candid note on where each player would struggle.

How we work with clubs
In their words

The reference
that matters

They showed me the model behind the offer — every bonus, every clause, what it was actually worth over four years. No other agent had ever put a number in front of me and explained it.

Senior client Forward, Belgian Pro League

TNSM send us shortlists with footage, physical data and an honest note on where the player would struggle. That last part is why we keep taking their calls.

Head of Recruitment Eredivisie club

My son was eighteen and being told what he wanted to hear by three agencies. TNSM told him the truth, gave him a plan, and eighteen months later he had a professional contract.

Parent of academy client United Kingdom
Insights

Reading
the game

Notes on contracts, scouting and the parts of the industry nobody explains to a young player.

The four clauses that decide what a contract is really worth

Weekly wage is the number everyone quotes and the number that matters least. Here is what we model first.

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Why paying for a trial almost never works

A clear look at how clubs actually source players, and what a legitimate route into a trial looks like.

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Turf and numbers: what the data can and cannot tell a scout

Physical models narrow a list. They do not pick a player. Our scouting framework, explained.

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Next step

Careers are built, not stumbled into

Tell us where you are and where you want to be. We will tell you honestly whether we are the right agency to get you there — and what it would take.