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Transfers January 2023 Transfer Thread. The Big One
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I expect they'll sell about 10 players to balance the books somehow. Always loads out on loan.
Plus backhanders.
Yes. He's played for England U17 and U18s and won player of the tournament last year. If we get him, he's good, if Liverpool get him, he's a bag of shit.
Apparently what's going on is that UEFA have declared that they will begin enforcing a five year maximum on player contracts (who knew that existed?) after this season, and so this window is the last chance for longer contracts than that which can amortize the fee across longer terms for Financial Fair Play purposes.
What Boehly is doing is still very very stupid, but that seems to be the logic.
Meanwhile, our "rivals"
Chelsea have not given up on trying to sign the midfielder before the transfer window closes on Tuesday.
They have offered players on loan and on permanent deals but Benfica have so far refused to accept anything except the release clause.
Fernandez wants to move to Chelsea and has again told Benfica of his desire to join Graham Potter's side.
Chelsea want to structure the payment in installments as paying in one go has financial fair play and tax implications.
Sorry Spurs. It's been, erm, emotional, for 30 odd years, but if you're not even trying anymore, neither am I
Chelsea prepared to pay Fernandez's €120m release clause
Chelsea have told Benfica they are prepared to pay Enzo Fernandez's €120m (£105m) release clause.Chelsea have not given up on trying to sign the midfielder before the transfer window closes on Tuesday.
They have offered players on loan and on permanent deals but Benfica have so far refused to accept anything except the release clause.
Fernandez wants to move to Chelsea and has again told Benfica of his desire to join Graham Potter's side.
Chelsea want to structure the payment in installments as paying in one go has financial fair play and tax implications.
Sorry Spurs. It's been, erm, emotional, for 30 odd years, but if you're not even trying anymore, neither am I
I hope they keep spending - happy if they drop another 200/300M tomorrow
Will just expedite a change in regulations from UEFA. This is utterly ridiculous and the big Euro powerhouses will make sure they intervene and sort FFP which will only help us
Surely FFP has been violated if they sign this fella
Yeah, already touting Gallagher around for £40m, someone will bite, Loftus Cheek, Challobah, Hudson-Odoi. Homegrown premium on all those. Wouldnt be shocked if we went after 1 or 2 of them.
That change won’t impact the spending that much. Would have stopped say 20% of their spending only
Haven't seen too much of him, but like him more after that tbh.
So?
If they, City, Newcastle, PSG, Barcelona etc keep getting away with it, why the fuck are we hiding behind it?
Oh yeah, our rich owner would rather spend his money on paintings and yachts.
And his next in command likes waving his tiny cock around trying to act like gods gift to being a businessman.
And like, forget FFP for a second.
Not all of these moves will succeed, and Chelsea are going to be stuck with a bunch of players on massive wages over long term contracts that they can't sell and may even have a hard time loaning away.
They're creating a total mess for Graham Potter's inevitable successor.
Boehly is a baseball owner. Baseball players are fungible, interchangeable widgets in a way footballers very much are not.
It's smart when Boehly's Los Angeles Dodgers operate like this (which they do). Chelsea will reap the whirlwind.
Seems like now would be a good time for any club to grab an Abramovich-era player on the cheap. Boehly obviously doesn't care about money, so moving along a cast-off for couch change might not cause him any concern.
The Sanchez and Ndombele 6 year contracts make a lot more sense now tbh.
No.
Because they’re being signed on such long contracts (8 or 9 years), they’re able to divide the value of the deal by the number of years it represents. So this 100 million contract only represents 12 or 13 for the sake of FFP.
It’s the ultimate version of short termism.
However, if he turns up and is an average bag of shit, they’ll have a player sat on their books for a decade or, alternatively, have to sell him at a huge loss, whilst still owing years of money to the original selling side.
It’s so fucking risky.
Yeah fair point. We have plenty of shit players that earn more than they can elsewhere, therefore we will need to pay them to leave (let alone sell them). They will be in a similar position but perhaps they have 100’s of M’s available annually
Boehly's business partner is the managing partner at the Dodgers and he found a top quality GM to make the player decisions.
Reminds me of Sessegnon. No doubt loads of ability but don’t have the mentality to succeed at the top level.
600M over 8 years or 5 years is still a massive fucking spend up