The Transfer Thread 2023/24 - Everything Not Wolves

[MARKakaJIM]

Imagine a new rule being bought in to stop the transfer of someone with more bookings than goal involvements from a joke shop league that plays thinly veiled, half paced friendlies in the desert.

 

[Tony Towner]

Is there a dickhead emoji?

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

If the deal they actually wanted had gone through and FC sportswash were in line to pick up new £259m signing Mbappe on loan and utterly destroy FFP how would you feel about that Mark?

It’s not the player, it’s the process that needs to be stopped

 

[MARKakaJIM]

No-one cared that much when Pozzo was doing it with his little harem so why now? Is it the players involved or the source of the money that makes it worse?

 

[PuntsWolf]

No-one cared that much when Pozzo was doing it with his little harem so why now? Is it the players involved or the source of the money that makes it worse?

Granada and Udinese have to adhere to financial rules in their respective leagues whilst also remaining competitive within them. Saudi clubs neither applies because of the money situation and they just play “half paced friendlies”.

No one has really being looking at the trading of second and third rate players and seeing anything that’s clearly dodgy, other than the Kamara deal, but someone actually had to pay for him and the fee wasn’t outrageous.

I think loaning one of another clubs best players and then just handing him back is a little different…

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Because it’s a whole different volume and would involve getting a quarter of a billion player for nil value in terms of FFP if Mbappe hadn’t told them to get bent in August. The Saudi league will become a talent parking lot to get around the rules. Way different scale.

 

[AndyWolves]

No-one cared that much when Pozzo was doing it with his little harem so why now? Is it the players involved or the source of the money that makes it worse?

Pretty sure when Watford loaned in a load of players rules were brought in to limit the amount of incoming loans in subsequent seasons.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Plus you can guarantee that the Saudi club paying the marquee player £1m a week will mysteriously happily loan him to the club with an FFP barrier while still paying 95% of the wages. It makes no difference to the player’s bank account. It makes no difference to the overall amount paid out by the Sportswash authorities, it makes all the difference to the FFP calculation.

Assuming Kylian had said yes rather than sticking at PSG as he wants the Bernebeu, then the Saudi club hand over the £259 million, pay him a million a week, and now loan him to Newcastle with no fee whatsoever and maybe £40k a week through the Newcastle books for FFP. It’s blatant. And they have four pet clubs without FFP restriction there ready to do this again and again.

It might be Neves in January, but if this stable door isn’t bolted it will end up being all the top talent moving this way. So the Saudis end up with Newcastle having a roster that makes Manchester City look like Walsall and they won’t breach the rules in doing it.

 

[Tredman]

Plus you can guarantee that the Saudi club paying the marquee player £1m a week will mysteriously happily loan him to the club with an FFP barrier while still paying 95% of the wages. It makes no difference to the player’s bank account. It makes no difference to the overall amount paid out by the Sportswash authorities, it makes all the difference to the FFP calculation.

Assuming Kylian had said yes rather than sticking at PSG as he wants the Bernebeu, then the Saudi club hand over the £259 million, pay him a million a week, and now loan him to Newcastle with no fee whatsoever and maybe £40k a week through the Newcastle books for FFP. It’s blatant. And they have four pet clubs without FFP restriction there ready to do this again and again.

It might be Neves in January, but if this stable door isn’t bolted it will end up being all the top talent moving this way. So the Saudis end up with Newcastle having a roster that makes Manchester City looking like Walsall and they won’t breach the rules in doing it.

Actually if they are getting 95% of their wages in Saudi it makes a huge positive difference to their bank account.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Well yes - I was ignoring taxation for this rant!

 

[leedswolf]

Well yes - I was ignoring taxation for this rant!

Wouldn't the 90 day rule apply in the case of Neves?

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

I’m no tax expert so pass

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

So Manchester United want Griezmann. And their main temptation as their side is quite shit is to offer to treble his current Atleti wages.

United quite simply never learn.

 

[Derby Wolf]

So Manchester United want Griezmann. And their main temptation as their side is quite shit is to offer to treble his current Atleti wages.

United quite simply never learn.

Incredible.

The bloke is 33 in March. Best give him a 5 year deal too, they want job security at that age.

 

[Tony Towner]

Strange sudden drop; Matt Lowton has signed for Witton Albion (tier 8). Played in the Premier League as recently as May 2022. He's only 34 too.

Scored against Chasetown today in a 3-2 loss

 

[Lupo]

Everton signing Jesse Lingard

 

[darlowolf64]

Desperate...

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

I’m sure he is playing for magic beans.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

I’m sure he is playing for magic beans.

Not if his Saudi wage demands are anything to go by.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Well it won’t happen then