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Rafaela Pimenta: the most powerful woman in football on the transfer window

Football super-agent Rafaela Pimenta discusses the sexism she has faced during her career, the transfer window and her client Erling Haaland.

With transfer windows closing in some of Europe's major leagues on February 2nd, we hear from one of the most powerful agents in football. Rafaela Pimenta's clients include Manchester City striker Erling Haaland, Liverpool manager Arne Slot and 17-year-old Mexican wonderkid Gilberto Mora.

In an in-depth interview with the BBC’s Simon Stone, Pimenta discusses the sexism she has faced during her career and she gives her thoughts on the transfer window. Pimenta says "We are in a transfer window, and I can bet you, because I see it at the end of every window, somebody will cry. There's always a player crying because he could have gone, needed to go and a club said they want £1m more."

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