Tony and Cherie Blair's son Nicky has not chosen to enter the law and politics like his parents. Instead he has pulled off some impressive football transfer deals

Name: Nicky Blair

Age: 27.

Appearance: Not a bit like his dad.

His dad? Call me Tony.

Ah Tony Blair. Our greatest living prime minister. That's the one.

And now architect of Middle Eastern peace. The very same.

Saviour of the Labour party. OK, we get the message, you're a fan. This is about Nicky, not his famous father.

And what's Nicky up to? Following pater into the law and then Labour party politics? No. After a brief stint teaching and some early commercial setbacks – he had a computer game company that folded – he is now a successful football agent.

Good for him. With the closure of heavy industry and the contraction in secure professional jobs, I read recently that 93% of young graduates are now becoming football agents. It's the future. How is young Blair doing? Remarkably well.

Tell me more. He has pulled off a bit of a coup, negotiating the transfer of Mexican star Hector Herrera to Portuguese team Porto for €8m. He's now hard at work on the transfer of another Mexican, Guadalajara's Marco Fabián, to a Premier League team for €12m.

And Nicky's on a percentage? I believe that's how it works.

Good for him. Has he done it all himself? The parental connections might have helped a bit – Cherie B was a director of Nicky's company, Magnitude – but, unlike the Daily Mail and other critics of the blingy Blairs, we like to see it as a simple story of a young man making his own way in a rough old world.

Is Nicky the one who was arrested for being drunk and vomiting in the street? That was his elder brother, Euan.

Is Euan also a football agent? Not yet. He works for a recruitment agency in Coventry and is said to hanker after a career in politics.

Not to be confused with: See above.

Do say: "How marvellous to see a young man overcoming the burden of family connections and making a successful career in business."

Don't say: "Didn't his parents buy Nicky a £1.35m Georgian townhouse in central London? Hardly a triumph of social mobility, is it?"