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Inside Global Sports: Pavel Zika on his family Agency and the Stories Behind Petr Cech, Barcelona

This in-depth feature draws from Pavel Zika’s long, wide-ranging conversation with Deník Zprávy on the Vládci fotbalu podcast. We curated, translated and lightly edited quotations from Czech to English for clarity. FootballAgencies.com did not conduct the interview; all quotes originate from Deník Zprávy and the Vládci fotbalu team. A family of FIFA agents Pavel Zika, founder of Global Sports agency, smiles when asked whether he still spends entire days talking football with his sons – breakfast Champions League highlights, lunchtime debates about form, evening analysis of the Czech national team. “Time has moved on,” he admits. Both sons are married with families of their own, but football remains the family language. Filip still lives with his parents in a large house in Průhonice, so the routine simply shifted. “We agree on certain days. We meet in my office, switch on the screens and ask, ‘What did you watch, what stood out?’”