Transfers

[esquire8 43,006]

There's only 9 big clubs in europe:-

Juventus, AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Ajax, Liverpool, Man Utd, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Rangers.

The rest are either oil rich or part time winners.

[johanhentze 14,167]

3 hours ago, esquire8 said:

There's only 9 big clubs in europe:-

Juventus, AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Ajax, Liverpool, Man Utd, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Rangers.

The rest are either oil rich or part time winners.

Plenty big clubs in Europe.

[6superbarry6 14,162]

4 hours ago, esquire8 said:

There's only 9 big clubs in europe:-

Juventus, AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Ajax, Liverpool, Man Utd, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Rangers.

The rest are either oil rich or part time winners.

Pish so Inter Porto Benfica Dortmund Atletico Arsenal Sevilla aren't big clubs?

[6superbarry6 14,162]

16 hours ago, Lloyd72 said:

Liverpool are a big club but they're a shite team. City aren't as big a club (yet) but they are the best team in England by a mile.

That why they won the league last year?

[Gaz52 11,837]

9 hours ago, esquire8 said:

There's only 9 big clubs in europe:-

Juventus, AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Ajax, Liverpool, Man Utd, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Rangers.

The rest are either oil rich or part time winners.

Add Benfica to that and I agree. Benfica are huge. 

[G.E.C. 18,851]

Celtic are a big club 

[esquire8 43,006]

56 minutes ago, Gaz52 said:

Add Benfica to that and I agree. Benfica are huge. 

I did toy with the idea of Benfica too, they were the only ones you could really add to that list.

[Guest Lloyd72]

8 hours ago, 6superbarry6 said:

That why they won the league last year?

The new signings have made them the best team in the league imo

[Henders82 537]

Spurs have bid rejected for Martial

[ForeverAndEver 71,677]

Paulinho to Barca for 36 million is embarrassing.

[sassaaaa 11,406]

14 minutes ago, ForeverAndEver said:

Paulinho to Barca for 36 million is embarrassing.

After that pumpin last night they have some neck announcing this today , joke signing.

[The Specky Forum Organiser 65,097]

 

[ForeverAndEver 71,677]

7 minutes ago, sassaaaa said:

After that pumpin last night they have some neck announcing this today , joke signing.

Good.

Horrible fucks.

[McEwan's Lager 30,622]

Paulinho  

[jackg93 442]

William Carvalho to West Ham for 30 million apparently.

[Captain Hilts 12,819]

Sky Sports News saying EPL clubs are currently in talks to close the summer transfer window before the season starts. Don't see why any club would be in favour of this tbh. Surely having that first few weeks with the window still open gives managers the chance to see where they still need to improve?

[McEwan's Lager 30,622]

16 minutes ago, Captain Hilts said:

Sky Sports News saying EPL clubs are currently in talks to close the summer transfer window before the season starts. Don't see why any club would be in favour of this tbh. Surely having that first few weeks with the window still open gives managers the chance to see where they still need to improve?

It would be interesting but would cause some issues where other leagues have the normal August window.

For example it would be a bit shit if a Coutinho situation happens where Real / Barca / PSG want one of your players and you have no real choice but to sell him as he puts in a request and then you can't buy a replacement.

[Captain Hilts 12,819]

6 minutes ago, McEwan's Lager said:

It would be interesting but would cause some issues where other leagues have the normal August window.

For example it would be a bit shit if a Coutinho situation happens where Real / Barca / PSG want one of your players and you have no real choice but to sell him as he puts in a request and then you can't buy a replacement.

Yeah there's no way the EPL would agree to bring it in unless all the other major European leagues did the same.

[esquire8 43,006]

39 minutes ago, McEwan's Lager said:

It would be interesting but would cause some issues where other leagues have the normal August window.

For example it would be a bit shit if a Coutinho situation happens where Real / Barca / PSG want one of your players and you have no real choice but to sell him as he puts in a request and then you can't buy a replacement.

From what's been said it'll be both transfer sides that'll shut before the season starts, buying and selling. Should do away with it entirely in my opinion, a big blame of the massive increase in fees is down to the window being created in the first place.

[born a blue nose 90,859]

1 hour ago, esquire8 said:

From what's been said it'll be both transfer sides that'll shut before the season starts, buying and selling. Should do away with it entirely in my opinion, a big blame of the massive increase in fees is down to the window being created in the first place.

How would you replace it though?

[slimjim1690 4,534]

2 hours ago, esquire8 said:

From what's been said it'll be both transfer sides that'll shut before the season starts, buying and selling. Should do away with it entirely in my opinion, a big blame of the massive increase in fees is down to the window being created in the first place.

The reason the transfer windows were brought into play in the first place is because all the big teams came in and raped the poorer teams of players any time they liked during a season, teams or rather managers could not depend on holding onto key players for any length of time, it just wasn't fair on the smaller teams or their fans, the window is one of the better ideas and I don't believe it is a reason for transfer fees skyrocketing, TV companies are the reason for skyrocketing fees.

[Dan Deacon 55,476]

10 hours ago, McEwan's Lager said:

It would be interesting but would cause some issues where other leagues have the normal August window.

For example it would be a bit shit if a Coutinho situation happens where Real / Barca / PSG want one of your players and you have no real choice but to sell him as he puts in a request and then you can't buy a replacement.

You can. Just not from an epl club 

[MayboleLoyal_atb 3,731]

Why has that Jesé from PSG moved to stoke ??

[Straight-Edge-Loyal 6,696]

4 minutes ago, MayboleLoyal_atb said:

Why has that Jesé from PSG moved to stoke ??

Because he has been told to prove he can do it on a wet night in Stoke obviously.

[esquire8 43,006]

8 hours ago, born a blue nose said:

How would you replace it though?

I put a post earlier about getting rid of transfer fees, bringing in a short contract and trade only system a bit like the NFL.

Get rid of these ridiculous 4-6 year contracts that mean nothing except the size of possible transfer fee.

If you want a player under contract from another club, then trade for him with other players. No other fees involved. So if you want a clubs star player like Coutinho with Barcelona, Barce would have to give Liverpool a player or players they would like in return, so say Rafinha and Alcacer with a high prospect youth.

Bring in salary caps worldwide that's rated by competition level/coefficient. For example the EPL/La Liga/Bundesliga/Serie A have a limit of say £100k p/w and Ligue 1/Primeira Ligue/Eredivisie have limit of £50k p/w and so on. Wage limits can rise and fall by performance of the clubs and players contracts that are signed have these increases and deductions included so no negotiations needed.

Bring in the Bundesliga matchday squad rules of 10 homegrown minimum out of 18 for every league. Keeps clubs playing there own countries players, less foreign influx.

Players cannot break contract, only be traded for another player(s) or wait for contract to run out. Contracts are only a maximum of 3 years. If agents are involved in contract negotiations then the player must pay any fee for them, not the club. Players cannot negotiate with another team until that contract is finished, so no pre contract agreements.

Just a few things that I think could help. Radical?