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{{Short description|British football agent}}
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'''Jonathan Ian Barnett''' (born 28 January 1950) is a British [[sports agent|football agent]] and is the [[chairman]] and founder of CAA Stellar Sports.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/3497032.stm Chambers remains in limbo]</ref> In 2019, he was named the number-one most powerful sports agent in the world, according to ''[[Forbes]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbelzer/2019/10/21/most-powerful-sports-agents/|title=The World's Most Powerful Sports Agents 2019: Soccer's Jonathan Barnett Takes Over At No. 1|last=Belzer|first=Jason|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref> He is credited as being the man who brought [[Lennox Lewis]] into the [[boxing]] world.{{Citation needed|date=June 2010}}
== Career ==
While Barnett's first client was cricket player [[Brian Lara]], he has made a name for himself since then representing some of the world's best football players. His client list includes [[Jack Grealish]], [[Gareth Bale]], [[Saul Niguez]], [[Ruben Loftus-Cheek]] and [[Jordan Pickford]]. He masterminded the £86 million move of Bale to [[Real Madrid]] from [[Tottenham Hotspur]].
Barnett's agency is now the number one in world football.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sports-agencies/list/|title=World's Most Valuable Sports Agencies|website=Forbes|access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref>
== Controversy ==
In 2006, Barnett was banned by the [[Football Association]] (FA) for 12 months and fined £100,000 for arranging secret rendezvous between his client [[Ashley Cole]] and [[Chelsea F.C.]] representatives.<ref name=barnettjc>{{cite web|url=https://www.thejc.com/comment/comment/the-jc-profile-jonathan-barnett-1.48213|title=The JC Profile: Jonathan Barnett|website=Jewish Chronicle|accessdate=21 July 2019}}</ref>
== Personal life ==
Barnett is Jewish and is member of [[St John's Wood]] synagogue.<ref name=barnettjc /> He is married and has three children. He is a supporter of [[Arsenal F.C.]]
== References ==
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== External links ==
*http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/11377682/The-20-most-powerful-football-agents-in-European-football.html
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