It charts Mendes’s rise from nightclub owner to the world’s most powerful football agent, representing Ronaldo, Mourinho, Diego Costa, Manchester United players Radamel Falcao, Ángel di María and David de Gea, plus Real Madrid stars James Rodríguez, Pepe and Fábio Coentrão. As well as giving the fullest account of Arsenal’s failure to land Ronaldo, the book also reveals that Mourinho’s office at Chelsea features a pile of books which are all about … Jose Mourinho, and that Mourinho rejected the chance to sign Falcao and Di Maria because of Uefa’s financial fair play rules and because he did not want to upset Chelsea’s players by unbalancing the wage bill.