Super duper monster transfers Summer 19 |
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colemanY2K
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Edited by colemanY2K - 10 Aug 2019 at 5:29pm |
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"One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942.
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Robbie Keane I am MALDING Joined: 30 Nov 2014 Location: Trumpton Status: Offline Points: 44659 |
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It certainly made my Saturday night!
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t_rAndy
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A lot of these super duper monster transfers appear to be ending up as loans with option or commitment to buy. Would love to read a piece on way that type of transfer is becoming more prevalent for these huge deals
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Territorial
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At least some of these are football's equivalent of "easy payment terms" - see Arsenal as a prime example. That is, the buying clubs can't afford to pay big fees up front, with wages to match, and so are staggering the payments over the length of the contract against future receipts from TV, sponsorship and European prize money etc. This is esp so for clubs from Spain and Italy who I'm sure are hitting the club credit card hard to try to keep up with EPL clubs who are finally making the most of their financial advantage on the field. Meanwhile, though English clubs are better able to pay "money down", the way Sterling has fallen against the Euro and Dollar recently means they've had to take a 10-15% cut to their spending power this window as well. (Another reason why English/homegrown players are currently so sought after, therefore expensive)
Edited by Territorial - 20 Aug 2019 at 1:46pm |
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Territorial
Jack Charlton Joined: 25 Nov 2014 Status: Offline Points: 5817 |
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Apologies for quoting own post, but I see Stan Kroenke's wee lad is bumming to the media about how successful their signing processes have been this window. Apparently their EL Final stuffing told them they needed to act (didn't mention the fan protests, though). Anyhow, as this BBC article points out, their "spree" wasn't quite what it seems: "It was understood that missing out on Champions League qualification
would leave Arsenal with a transfer budget of roughly £45m in addition
to any income they could generate. Although the signings of Gabriel Martinelli, Dani Ceballos (loan), William Saliba, Nicolas Pepe, Kieran Tierney and David Luiz cost well in excess of £100m, much of that outlay will be paid by way of instalments over the course of their contracts. Meanwhile, money was recouped via the sales of Alex
Iwobi, Krystian Bielik, Laurent Koscielny, David Ospina, Dominic
Thompson, Xavier Amaechi and Carl Jenkinson, Eddie Nketiah's loan and
sell-on clauses related to Ismael Bennacer and Jeff Reine-Adelaide." https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49401513 As I suggested elsewhere, Emery/Arsenal are clearly gambling future transfer funding on qualifying for the CL this season. If they don't make it - though MU and Chelsea could certainly help them - then there may not be too much left in the kitty next season? And Emery has a record of not sticking around too long at any club. |
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HuntysCousin
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Looks like Icardi is off to PSG on loan for the season. Tuchel must be f*cking delighted to be in that dressing room, Neymar staying and now this headbanger coming in
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