Discussing the financial impact of the pandemic on the transfer market, Pace said, “It’s challenging, to say the least, and beyond people not necessarily wanting to sell. There’s a lot of conversations that I don’t think are as fruitful as they could be and that’s probably because of the intermediary position.” Not all agents are out to exploit new Premier League chairmen like Pace or impressionable young players. But it is the “bad apple” agents Pace is troubled by. “I don’t always think that players are aware what their agents are saying or what their agents have been told,” Pace said. “It’s only been a month, but boy, there’s some interesting (stories) already.”