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start-ups and diamonds.

“He’s already sold big shares to hedgefunds which no one knows about.

“He’s earning far more away from football then he does in it.

“When I do a deal for him, he jokes, ‘You’re going to steal a lot of money from me again, aren’t you?’.

“My answer to him is always the same, ‘First, I make you rich – I can’t steal from the poor, can I?’.

“But it’s the same when all my players are finished.

“They will have a lot more money than when they started.

“I try to protect them from financial blunders. For instance, I have an agreement with the banks that they let me know when the players spend big.

“I’ve told them that Amsterdam is