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vickster
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Clubs are strapped for cash - if not desperate for the player, why would they pay a load when they can have pre-talks and then get for free?
The players can earn even more if the club doesn't have to pay a fee for them
Clubs can't sell a player under contract if they don't want to leave and no one wants to buy them (see Ozil...
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This'll be a doddle.................
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Clubs are strapped for cash - if not desperate for the player, why would they pay a load when they can have pre-talks and then get for free?
The players can earn even more if the club doesn't have to pay a fee for them
Clubs can't sell a player under contract if they don't want to leave and no one wants to buy them (see Ozil...
Money transfers have long ago almost stopped in L1/2. Contracts are so short, usually 12 months, is reason & also the availability of so many pro's who can "do a job". Give player a big deal like Bradford did to James Vaughan, big money for 3 years at 31 years of age is extremely rare and what's the point? James is worth money, but has decided after 12 months that he doesn't want to do the M62 commute from the Wirral any longer and is joining Tranmere Rovers for free and that's that, so he has.
vickster
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I reckon the big money deals in the top divisions in all countries are driven by agents who want their 5 or 10m straight off and not a percentage of future earningsMoney transfers have long ago almost stopped in L1/2. Contracts are so short, usually 12 months, is reason & also the availability of so many pro's who can "do a job". Give player a big deal like Bradford did to James Vaughan, big money for 3 years at 31 years of age is extremely rare and what's the point? James is worth money, but has decided after 12 months that he doesn't want to do the M62 commute from the Wirral any longer and is joining Tranmere Rovers for free and that's that, so he has.
although presumably they take a cut of any signing on bonus
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I understand that but in the case of Wijnaldum.........Clubs are strapped for cash - if not desperate for the player, why would they pay a load when they can have pre-talks and then get for free?
The players can earn even more if the club doesn't have to pay a fee for them
Clubs can't sell a player under contract if they don't want to leave and no one wants to buy them (see Ozil...
A top player
Any/most teams would welcome him.
IMO.......if, 6 months ago he would not sign a new contract then the club should have sold him. Instead he will walk for free
vickster
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He’s quite old though isn’t he? Young players go for big money these days, not old ones with a few years left. What’s his injury history?
maybe they asked him to move on and he declined, or no one wanted to buy him. He didn’t seem to be a first team pick?
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I reckon the big money deals in the top divisions in all countries are driven by agents who want their 5 or 10m straight off and not a percentage of future earnings
It's far worse than that it's a worldwide largely crime owned cartel of that not only owns and sells the players, it can tell a club it's getting a player or selling one, like it or not, and dictate all terms.
Nothing pathetic about that. They are incredibly tough. There's team on there from distant continents and we're supposed to know their badges?I scored a rather pathetic 9
There's easier ones in the same category on that website.
AndyRM
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62% for me. Pretty happy with that overall.
Smokin Joe
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They can't if he doesn't agree to be sold and he would have been nuts to agree to it anyway. Why cost your new club a fat transfer fee when you can go for nothing and command a signing on fee from them yourself?
Sadly true.
It all seems to have swung too far the other way.
I would like to think that if a player has been earning £2-4M per year he would help the club.
BUT.......
On the other hand, if the club decided they no longer wanted someone they would just get shut.
Good job I am not a manager as I have no idea
Smokin Joe
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Your "On the other hand" sums it up nicely. Before the misnamed freedom of contract ruling clubs were able to hang on to a players registration after his contract ended and they could block his signing to a rival club.Sadly true.
It all seems to have swung too far the other way.
I would like to think that if a player has been earning £2-4M per year he would help the club.
BUT.......
On the other hand, if the club decided they no longer wanted someone they would just get shut.
Good job I am not a manager as I have no idea
