Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - It's Amad World

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concise said:
Investigation reveals how football can be used to launder money
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It's all good if they bring in signings.

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“Taking back control” is not something most football clubs have had on their to-do list in recent years, at least not outside of possession statistics. The domestic game has thrived on the back of European immigration. A cosmopolitan system where German managers work with Portuguese fitness coaches to develop Spanish talent on English pitches has been central to the growth of the domestic game. Now Brexit is about to change all that.

From 1 January English football will change. European citizens will need a visa to work in the country. The criteria determining who qualifies have been the subject of lengthy negotiations between the Football Association, Premier League and EFL. They were finally agreed at the beginning of December, which means clubs have had just a month to get to know the new rules and fully implement them. Which is more than many industries can say.
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Football and Brexit: a guide to the new rules and their impact on clubs

Eze and Michael Olise about to go for 150M. Saka for 200M
 
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This dude man. West Indians already cooked his ass last month but this will be even worse.
 
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Liu Kang said:
It's a dog eat dog world, competitors have no reason to offload Barca's dead weight considering they are absolute beggars right now with 0 leverage.

And Barça also missed plenty of opportunities to clear the mess :
- they could have not buy Aguero or Depay and them to pile up even more on the wage bill but they did anyway
- they could have sold Grizzi to Atleti weeks ago but they didnt
- most importantly, they could have sold Messi to City last year and literally solve the issue (a likely 100M+ transfer fee and Messi wages off the books) but they didnt. :mindblown:
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I disagree, clubs and agents help each other out all the time. While obviously other clubs wouldn't give them the money they wanted, they would still help them offload players.

Italian teams do it all the time between each other and that Pjanic/Arthur swap deal from last season was just a way for both clubs to balance their books. I've mentioned it before but Juventus exchanged Spinazzola to Roma for a 20-year old left back who they immediately loaned out to Cagliari and then to Genoa, no intention of ever using him. It was a book balancing deal and also I believe a wink-wink deal for Zaniolo in the future, but then Zaniolo had two ACL injuries.

I'm sure Barca could easily find a partial salary loan for Coutinho and Pjanic, find a taker for Braithwaite, been less demanding with Atletico in that Griezmann exchange deal, but like you said instead of doing that they actually kept bringing in players :manny:
 
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