Transfer discussion thread

[Marcel Proust]

Apparently Garcia of city to Barca is done for next season

 

[glenferry23]

It makes no sense if you end up just paying the clause. Could have had him for pre season etc etc.

Arsenal’s inability to sell the likes of Guendouzi, Kolasinac, Torreria etc definitely a factor here (their high wages a huge hurdle). Lack of certainty on incoming fees hindered the ability to acquire new players.

Frustrating, part of it is the market in a COVID world, part of it is poor contract management by the club.

 

[Zidane98]

Apparently Garcia of city to Barca is done for next season

Hes out of contract next season.

 

[Marcel Proust]

Hes out of contract next season.

Apparently he's agreed to join then.
I thought he wasn't allowed to until six months left

 

[Zidane98]

Apparently he's agreed to join then.
I thought he wasn't allowed to until six months left

He isn't allowed to agree anything with them yet, sounds like bs to me.

 

[RossFC]

 

[Marcel Proust]

He isn't allowed to agree anything with them yet, sounds like bs to me.

[Moi Llorens] Barcelona have reached an agreement with Eric García on the conditions of a contract starting next season

I guess he hasn't officially signed anything

 

[RossFC]

 

[Marcel Proust]

Trillion dollars and they do that video

 

[Marcel Proust]

Thomas Kelly] Some absolutely astonishing figures here. Barcelona's debt has more than doubled in 12 months to €488 million

I doubt Barca are too happy laying dembele wages - given koeman seems to rate him 4th/5th choice winger?

Maybe a January move? It was also reported they will keep going for Sancho by the athletic iirc

 

[drd23]

Strange for Atletico to be furious, they know the La Liga buyout clause rules. If they dont want to lose players in this manner maybe negotiate bigger clauses / higher wages.

He's had a contract offer in front of him for most of 2020

They must have known there was a good chance of him leaving with all the negotiating going on. Would have been much easier if the buyout was shelled out up front at the start of the window instead of going back and forth until finally caving right before the deadline!!

OTOH, Arsenal's repeated attempts (and failures) at negotiating for Partey and Aouar, plus all their staff cuts/player wage reductions might have given Atleti the impression they couldn't or wouldn't come up with the 50m up-front

 

[Marcel Proust]

Anthony Joseph]: @SkySportsNews understands that just one more transfer deal is on the Premier League deal sheet. It's the signing of Ruben Loftus-Cheek at Fulham on a season-long loan from Chelsea. The relevant parties have until 1am to finalise and complete the signing


Don't English team have another week or two to exchange players?

 

[Zidane98]

He's had a contract offer in front of him for most of 2020


OTOH, Arsenal's repeated attempts (and failures) at negotiating for Partey and Aouar, plus all their staff cuts/player wage reductions might have given Atleti the impression they couldn't or wouldn't come up with the 50m up-front

Why are your buyout clauses so low? They really need to be a figure so high nobody will bother trying to activate them.

 

[hawkman]

I’m hearing Sancho to Man Utd

Dortmund demand 150m on January 1, United spend all of January offering 120-130m. Still at Dortmund when the deadline passes

 

[Marcel Proust]

Why are your buyout clauses so low? They really need to be a figure so high nobody will bother trying to activate them.

So the player can leave if he wants

Sometimes they are high. Dest 400milliom for example

Great get for arsenal they look formidable. Aoaur would have been nice too

 

[drd23]

Why are your buyout clauses so low? They really need to be a figure so high nobody will bother trying to activate them.

Because you'd need to pay the player more to compensate for the higher release clause. And despite Atleti's relative success (making UCL every year, making the final twice in the last 10 years etc), we don't even have the same income as a low level EPL team so paying higher wages is harder to justify

Its really only Barca and Real Madrid that seem to be able to insert ridiculously high clauses into contracts for their players

 

[Marcel Proust]

Dortmund demand 150m on January 1, United spend all of January offering 120-130m. Still at Dortmund when the deadline passes

He might start faking injuries or skipping training. The usual tricks

 

[Marcel Proust]

Because you'd need to pay the player more to compensate for the higher release clause. And despite Atleti's relative success (making UCL every year, making the final twice in the last 10 years etc), we don't even have the same income as a low level EPL team so paying higher wages is harder to justify

Its really only Barca and Real Madrid that seem to be able to insert ridiculously high clauses into contracts for their players

Williams of Bilbao is €135 million apparently

Deigo Costa 200m

 

[Magma]

2 mil for a guy who was apparently really good last season. we are terrible at selling players

 

[Cruyff14]

It makes no sense if you end up just paying the clause. Could have had him for pre season etc etc.

Yes but now they have 50m and nothing to spend it on.

 

[Marcel Proust]

Yes but now they have 50m and nothing to spend it on.

I think the are allowed to buy a la Liga player?

The rule which allowed Barca to get brathwatie is a strange one

Edit:

Atletico Madrid Left stunned by late move

In accordance with LaLiga Santander rules, the club will be granted a period of 30 days to sign a player from a team within Spain. However, this doesn't necessarily help the Spanish club with the deadline for Champions League squad registration coming on October 6.

 

[Marcel Proust]

2 mil for a guy who was apparently really good last season. we are terrible at selling players

Liverpool would get 18m quid

 

[jod23]

Arsenal came to AM to try and bargain and sort something out with money and a player or money over time. AM just kept pointing at the release clause, and I suppose this is how just relying on a release clause and not coming to the table can backfire.

I kinda feel like Arsenal did it on purpose. Tried to do a deal and AM were just like nah bro, release clause bitch. So Arsenal went away and were like, ok let's wait until the last hour and just activate the release clause and **** AM in the arse. Haha

 

[kreglze]

I think the are allowed to buy a la Liga player?

The rule which allowed Barca to get brathwatie is a strange one

Yeah I read they have 30 days to find a replacement within La Liga.

 

[Marcel Proust]

I kinda feel like Arsenal did it on purpose. Tried to do a deal and AM were just like nah bro, release clause b*tch. So Arsenal went away and were like, ok let's wait until the last hour and just activate the release clause and fu** AM in the arse. Haha

They were probably just trying save 5 million dollars

It's likely too they would have preferred to pay over 3-4 years

I think you have to pay in one upfront installment to activate the clause