Ligue 1 2021-22

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L’Équipe have broken down the much-scrutinised transfer of striker Victor Osimhen from Lille to Napoli in the summer of 2020, revealing that the current title holders only received around €36m out of the €71.3m fee.

Former Lille president Gérard Lopez had explained to RMC after the transfer that the transaction was set at €71.3m along with €10m in potential bonuses. Speaking to La Voix du Nord, current president Oliver Létang reported the fee to be only €68m, with the current club management indicating that only €10m has been brought in by the Nigerian’s move.

According to the documents read by L’Équipe, the €10m bonus brought up by Lopez is dependent on Napoli reaching the Champions League quarter-finals over the next four years – €2.5m for every time the Italians reach the last eight.

Part of the €71.3m fee includes €20m made up of four players which went the opposite way, a transaction which allowed Napoli to ease their Financial Fair Play obligations by registering incoming transfer fees. Gérard Lopez had accepted the offer as a result of the immediate cash injection it would provide, contrary to offers from other teams who would have paid in instalments.

One of these players is goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis, who is currently injured and has played one match so far with Les Dogues. The three others are Italian players whose contracts have been terminated and currently play in the lower leagues – Ciro Palmieri, Luigi Liguori, Claudio Manzi. All three young players were evidently sold for far beyond their worth, having been earning between €5,000 and €10,000 a month at the time of their sales.

LOSC were also made to pay out €3m of the transfer fee to Osimhen’s previous clubs in compensation, under FIFA’s recent scheme. An additional €8.3m was paid out to Charleroi as a signing-on fee. €6m are to go towards agents’ fees, although these are currently blocked by the club, who are investigating the legal nature of these.

Finally, Lille also paid interest on a loan from Banca Ifis, who billed the payment of the transfer fee in return for an interest rate of 4%. Lille received €40m from Banca Ifis. According to an internal souce, Osimhen brought in €36m to the club, which greatly relieved its financial issues during the summer of 2020.
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Ligue 1 authorities looking to introduce salary cap and contract reforms​

L’Équipe report that the governing body in charge of France’s two professional football leagues, the LFP, is looking to lead several major reforms following a year of high financial losses for clubs.

The first of which would involve extending youth players’ first professional contract from three years to five, in order to reduce the likelihood of promising talents being poached by foreign clubs. With the players’ syndicate indicating that the measure would require a trade-off, a possible solution would see squads limited to 24 players (the current average is 37 per club), but players in their first contract would be exempt from this count. This would in turn afford more playing time to academy graduates.

French football’s financial regulator is also pushing for a salary cap – the wage bill would be a set percentage of the clubs’ budgets – would also favour young players’ development. The LFP has delegated the organisation of this measure to Reims president Jean-Pierre Caillot.

Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi could be set to take on the marketing side of the reforms, with the aim being to “freshen up” Ligue 1’s image in order to increase broadcasting deals from abroad. Montpellier’s Laurent Nicollin will lead the governance shake-up. Nice’s Jean-Pierre Rivère is expected to be mandated to make changes in the world of refereeing, with one of the innovations being considered including attaching microphones to the referees. However, this change would require approval from the IFAB – the French Football Federation had already made such a request this summer, asked by Marseille following a friendly match against Villarreal, which was turned down.
 
Well, it's clubs and not the agents who are investing time, money, and energy into these players; so it's fairer that the clubs have some control of their players rather than greedy agents whose only interest in making money does it.
There would be a huge danger of young players being held for years and not playing. 3 years is enough. It would be wrong to have 16yr olds tied down for 6 years. I feel accept that some teams have found themselves ripped off but what he is asking for is excessive.
 
I do agree fully with you that agents need sorting out. They are as menace and should not have that level of influence over young players who are still children. I just don't think they way to deal with that is to hand the balance of power to the clubs. 3 years is plenty I think, as frustrating as that is for clubs. Even seasoned professionals would probably think twice about signing a 6 year deal. It's why our own Harry finds himself in a career pickle.
Aulas was talking about the 1st pro contract of academy players. There should be some "payback" attached to signing for a club that spends time and money to develop youth players. From what I understand (correct me if I'm wrong) is that in France, after your max contract of 3 years expires the concerning player can leave for free. And, clubs - who complain about greedy agents - are more than happy to pounce on other clubs' talents. It's a bit like the clubs shooting themselves in the foot.
Kane is a different story, as he was an adult when he signed that contract - guaranteed earning a cool £200,000 a month for 6 years.
 
They have many players in the midfield , Tchou / Fofana / Lucas / Fabregas
Fabregas' legs went years ago. There is almost zero creativity in that midfield.
and their wingers are good , Diop / Gerson but they failed with Pelligrini (25M) for a big bid and Geubbels too , they did a flop.
Their creative players/wingers are infuriating. I bet they are sorry they sold Faivre. He could really give them something extra.
 
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