"Wembley is a lovely stadium. It's a lovely stadium to have a meltdown at." Lewis Brownhill - the older brother of Burnley midfielder Josh - is one of about 5,000 candidates worldwide preparing to sit Fifa's exam to become a licensed football agent.
Brownhill, 37, is a chief technician in the RAF, with three tours of Afghanistan during almost 20 years of service. He also works as a scout for the Cassius Sports agency, which represents his brother along with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill. "I feel more nervous, genuinely, than going to Afghanistan," Brownhill says.
"I had set my goal to be an agent. I always put a bit of pressure on myself to pass exams but because it was the next stage of my career I had to make sure I was able to do it. "It doesn't help that the exam has had such a low pass rate, that's where the pressure comes from.
" But can anyone become an agent? Why? How does it work? I attempted to find out by sitting Fifa's agent exam...
It's 8.30am on a cold November day in north London and we are shuffling up an escalator towards the Great Hall at Wembley Stadium to take a seat at one of 300 desks lined up in classic school exam style. There are two pieces of paper and a pen on each desk.
We will face 20 multiple-choice questions in one nerve-wracking hour on everything from sell-on clauses to when agents can approach minors. You need to answer at least 75% (15 questions) correctly to pass. The £300 entry fee at least gets you a.
