Salvatore Trunfio, FIFA agent and president of the Mediastar International, tells us about his indisputable flair in choosing the best players in the world, before the others.

There are those who look at the players and those who instead observe them and understand their future potential.

There are those who view young talents only via videotape and those who travel from one end of the world to the other to understand if they are really promises for the future or players with no prospects. Salvatore Trunfio he is part of the latter category of prosecutors, he is the president and the soul of the Mediastar International, a company that deals with the management and management of players and more. It is able to manage a football club from A to Z, as al well knows Fortuna Düsseldorf, great decline of German football that thanks to the wit and skill of FIFA Agent Trunfio Salvatore, in the 2005 season won the championship of the German 3rd series, managing to bring the Club with his own technical and managerial experience, and go back to the top of Teutonic football.

"I and consequently the Mediastar International, of which I am the president tells us -Trunfio Salvatore we brought 8 players to Germany, including 3 Argentines and 3 Africans and 2 French and the coach Massimo Morales and in our first season we won the championship.

We are also looking for thanks to Thomas Berthold, the former footballer of Roma, and of the German national team to build a company capable of returning to the top of German football by the 2006 World Cup. Düsseldorf it will be one of the stages of the competition sponsored by FIFA ".

Dr. Trunfio, tell us about yours Mediastar International, how it is structured and how it deals with its clients. . .

"We have offices and exclusive partners all over the world from Swiss with headquarters in Zurich And London, Buenos Aires, Milan, to Reggio Emilia and in Brazil, to St. Paul.

Every month we see hundreds of guys, we try to understand which of them can become a good footballer in perspective and modestly few have my eye.

A few examples?

About 10 years ago I proposed to the Rome buying a young Argentine footballer named Santiago Solari, which now plays in the real Madrid, but the ds of the Rome at that time he told me that that young man was not suitable for our football.

When a player relies on the Mediastar International it is followed in all its aspects, from the contractual to the medical one.

Our medical advisor is Dr. Giovanni Di Giacomo, luminary of world orthopedics.

If one of our clients remains without a contract, we are the ones who pay him their salary, which is also why our clients trust us and our agency.

My organization abroad is unrivaled, in Italy we are moving recently, but already with excellent results.

We brought it to Italy a few years ago File, Sesa And Juarez.

Among our clients there are Charisteas and Seitaridis, all European champions.

Without forgetting the many young people we can boast of having discovered: last year we offered to the Fiorentina Maxi Lopez, but they told us he didn't care, now they would like him by paying 10 times his price tag ".

Dr. Trunfio, is it true that you also manage a team in Argentina?

"Yes and like the Fortune in Germany also in Argentina our team was promoted from C to B.

We will be able to manage an Italian Serie C club in all its components, from the players to the warehouse workers, spending very little, because the players trust our work and know that with us they have their backs covered by any surprises ".

Who are your collaborators and clients?

"It would be impossible to name all the names, just think that we have 45 centers, partners and subsidiaries in the world that are connected with the Mediastar.

From Guatemala toAfghanistan we observe the entire football market in a global way.

We advised the Zurich for Frick who first went toArezzo and then al Verona; to the Marseille for Cristanval; we brought Eranium to the Derby County And Accardi; Pasculli Argentine national ex Lecce to the Peljta Jakarta in Indonesia; Kempes, who is also the honorary vice president of Mediastar International, as well as responsible for the technical area for Argentina.

We are now looking after the interests of Zarate, bomber of the Velez And Mascherano, new Olympic champion midfielder with the Argentina shirt.

We have a South American '85, Aguilar, a high-class midfielder who would be perfect for the Italian championship, he is good, young and cheap.

I just hope that the Italian companies do not do as with Geremi, the former midfielder real Madrid that as a kid I took to Ravenna, in Serie B, where they told me that in their opinion he was not up to par to face a European championship. "

Taken from the monthly '' Calcio di C e D Anno V - 10 October 2004