""They [Leyton Orient] sent me an offer, and I started using ChatGPT, asking it how to negotiate a deal, and what to say in it," Mitchell said on the From My Left podcast. "This is what I was on last season, moving to London, cost of living, missus is gonna move down with me, my little one. I did think I was worth a little bit more as well, but you don't want to be like that,""
""And then, also because I didn't use the agent, I get that [agent fee] as a signing-on fee. [An] agent might have got me a couple hundred pound more, because in these deals there's not loads of money going on, it's not big, big amounts. "So the agent might have got me a couple hundred more, and then the percent that I would have to pay them, the difference, is going to be eaten up anyway.""
"Mitchell also launched a wider critique on agents in football and said that the options for representation open to lower-league footballers leaves a lot to be desired. "There's three types of agents," he said. "There's the agent that works for an agency, who's just getting a salary, then you got agent number two, who works for a big agency and they're trying to sign young, up-and-coming prospects and then once you're not one"
Demetri Mitchell began his career at Manchester United, making one league appearance before spells at Hearts, Blackpool, Hibernian and Exeter City. He left Exeter to join Leyton Orient on a free transfer and negotiated the move without an agent, using ChatGPT for guidance on how to frame and negotiate the deal. He retained what would have been the agent fee as a signing-on payment, reasoning that any small pay increase secured by an agent would be offset by commission. He criticized existing agent models and the limited representation options available to lower-league footballers.
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