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Reece Land is one of the youngest Sports Agents operating globally, born in Yorkshire, England on the 28th April 1996. With a well established reputation within football, Reece Land founded his own Sports Management Company, Next Gen Sport Solutions in 2017 when he made the decision to represent and manage the careers of female footballers.

Biography
In 2017, women's football was very much in its infancy, with hardly any players earning money from their footballing career. This audacious move from Reece Land to move his business into a somewhat unstable market with very little monetary and commercial value at the time, came under scrutiny with many people advising Reece to work in men's football rather than women's football. However, Reece Land recognised the lack of Football Agent's within the women's football sector and also the potential growth that the women's football had at the time.

Reece Land's decision to enter women's football was also influenced by former Arsenal F.C. manager, Arsène Wenger, when the two met during an Arsenal vs Chelsea youth match at the Arsenal Training Ground in Colney. Reece Land speaks vividly of the conversation in which Arsène Wenger quoted to him that "women's football would be the next big thing" during their chat.

In 2017, Reece Land made several key signings as his first clients that he started to represent. All of Reece's first signings became full time professional footballers within 18 months of being managed by Reece Land. Reece made reference in one of his earlier interviews when first establishing himself as a key Football Agent within women's football, that he intended to create an enhanced media profiling for his players within would naturally attract career growth and commercial opportunities for his clients.

By 2018, Reece had already conducted several key transfers and played vital roles within contract extensions and transfers in which he was negotiating with the likes of Liverpool, Barcelona, Milan, Bayern Munich, Everton and many more. In late 2018, Reece Land was representing over 25 female footballers and several managers. After just 18 months as a Football Agent, Reece Land had presence all across Europe.

In August 2019, Reece Land was awarded in the Top 10 Young Business Owners in The UK by the British Business Awards, a feeling which he described in multiple interviews at the time as "overwhelming".

Shortly after this award, In January 2020, Reece Land then represented Fran Alonso who is the former Assistant First Team Coach at Southampton and Everton where he worked under managers such as Ronald Koeman, Mauricio Pochettino and Sam Allardyce. Reece Land represented Fran Alonso when he moved from Lewes FC Women's Head Coach to become the new First Team Head Coach of Celtic FC Women as they began their first season as a professional women's team. Reece Land paid tribute to the size of Celtic FC and their fanbase during this move, when Reece quoted "The digital numbers that we were seeing internally from this move were off the scale. The fanbase of Celtic is unbelievable."

By the end of 2020, Reece Land's sports management company, Next Gen Sport Solutions, were representing over 60 professional footballers and more than 8 managers across England, Scotland, Spain, Italy, Germany, France, USA, Belgium and more territories across Europe.

When the COVID-19 global pandemic hit, Reece Land ensured that all internal infrastructure was at optimum levels to allow all clients full support during this 18 month period including increasing the welfare department at Next Gen Sport Solutions by employing more support staff such as Psychologists to work with their clients. Reece Land's company also had plans in place to open oversea's offices in different territories, offices and sites were even confirmed but when the pandemic hit and the world went into lockdown, these plans were placed on temporary hold.

In early 2021, still in the midst of the COVID-19 global pandemic, Reece's company, Next Gen Sport Solutions, was awarded The UK's Business of The Week Award for showing unparalleled growth in just 4 years, including growth during a global pandemic.

By the summer of 2021, Reece Land had negotiated and finalised in excess of £1m worth of deals within women's football.

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