By Julien Pretot
PARIS, April 22 (Reuters) - Former Premier League striker Louis Saha has launched an exclusive social network to help young athletes deal with the off-field demands of modern sport that he hopes will help combat bad agents and advisers.
The former France international and Manchester United striker has developed Axis Stars, a platform with a double function -- to assist athletes in looking into contracts and insurance policies, while acting as matchmaker to pair them with agents and companies.
"The goal is to make the world of sport more transparent," Saha, who won 20 caps for France, told Reuters in a telephone interview.