Transfer Gossip, Rumours, Reports etc

Did the Colombian centre half leave Barca yet?

HuntysCousin wrote:

Roberto Baggio wrote:

Kovacic to Chelsea being rumoured now

How many midfielders do they want

At various points of the summer, he has been linked with Chelsea, United, City, Liverpool, Juve and Inter. Unless anything concrete comes out, I wouldn't take much notice of rumours about his future

Have a medical at Chelsea today

He'll force it through himself so

Some people just deserve a slap

Amazed more sides aren't in for Grealish. Technically he is superb. Obviously there would be questions marks about his attitude considering the stuff from a couple of years ago, but it seems like it's in the past now. He could be a phenomenal player in the next couple of years.

"I called him an embarrassment to FIFA and to himself," .... He said 'No-one speaks to me like that'.... and I said, "well I do' and that was that."

Kovacic to Chelsea on a year long loan

How much did Courtois go for

PanteirA wrote:

Roberto Baggio wrote:

How much did Courtois go for

35 m euro. Spent 80 m on a Spanish keeper then Wacko

*on a brilliant Spanish keeper

In fairness, it is massive money, but that is how you deal with Athletic. You want one of their stars, they point to the release clause and the rest is up to the paying club. They don't do negotiations

SuperDave84 wrote:

Yeah, the issue is with the player's agent in the first place, when any contract with Bilbao is negotiated.

In many ways, the agent has a massive conflict of interest when negotiating any contract that includes a buyout clause. It is in Athletic Bilbao's interests to have the minimum fee clause at a prohibitive level, so that they can actually negotiate an offer that makes financial sense when the clause is triggered. For the player, it is in their interest to have it as low as possible, because they want to be able to attract a decent signing bonus and wages if they do ever move club, as every transfer is based on the buying club's assessment of total outlay on fees and wages. But the player's agent is in a tricky place - they simultaneously have to act in the best interest of the player, thus try and secure a lower buyout clause, but all while knowing that if a higher buyout clause is agreed and ever triggered, they will most likely stand to make a greater percentage on the sale. What an agent really wants is one at the right level - not so high that it'll never realistically be triggered, but high enough that if it is, it will represent a better payday for him. It's all very sketchy, but so is a lot of what agents do.

What an agent really wants is velocity of transfers.

He wants his players moving every couple of years to a club that will pay more.

The big money is in the transfers and not the contract extensions.

I hate that they make so much money. I want to become one!!