Sounds like another Gnabry
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They may be forced to sell depending on how the Spanish league finishes this year, plus they will not want to keep hold of a player who wants to leave. We would be able to afford transfer fee even if we can shift some of our dead wood and save money off the wages bill.
That is literally how transfers workā¦ the player technically always buys himself out of the contract b/c the contract is with the team he plays forā¦
It is just spoken in the terms of āteam a buys player x from team b,ā but contracts have to be honored.
What normally happens mechanically is that the buying team funds the contract termination that the player executes.
I know.
What I meant was that even the likes of Herrera was made to have his full release clause paid in one go with prior bids being refused. Therefore AtlƩtico being agreeable to structured payments for a key player is beyond ridiculous
Yes I realise I got Bilbao and AtlƩtico mixed up haha
I think structured payments are more common than people realise. Not saying Atletico in this particulair case will agree, Partey and Atletico are playing games.
Bilbao is a different story. They can keep such a firm stance because of the limits of their talent pool.
Arenāt structured payments basically the norm, with āall the cash up frontā transfers being comparatively rare?
Yeah but generally speaking if a club doesnāt want to sell a player who has a release clause then the buying club has to pay the entire fee up front (if the selling club arenāt willing to accept structured payments)
Do they still stick to only having players from the local area?
Yup. They have probably exactly mapped out what their possiblities are when it comes too players. It makes more sense for them to hold on to good players than to sell them.
In many ways itās admirable. Any success they have will feel just that little sweeter.
ahh roger thatā¦ yeah Atletico are cunning in the marketā¦ key to that is knowing supply and demand well - and they do.
Iām actually not that impressed with their work on the market the last two summers tbh.
It is rather weird that Bayern decides that Lucas Hernandez is worth ā¬80 million. Or that Barcelona decides a player who doesnāt really fit their system is worth ā¬120 million.
Any names that spring to mind?
Free Transferinho
Bosmanaldo
Edit: shit effort
Who saw it? What was it? Shame him!
The shitter they are the better they are tbh