Transfers and Rumors

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JamDav1982

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Porque said:
Yep, the EPL will hoover the talents but Chelsea are taking it to an extreme, and overall with both limited sporting success and selling at a loss overall. That's not counting wages and running costs.

Still room for Barcelona/Madrid and Italians to be competitive on talents though as wages are generally low and transfer fees are generally modest. Milan clubs are somewhat (and Italian clubs in general, possibly thanks to their Beckham law and laxer salary cap rules) having a resurgence in the market somewhat.

What usually happens (take Meriton buying Valencia) is they will buy the club with a loan from their country, say 200m from Meriton on HK, and have the club pay back this loan to themselves on higher interest terms than the holding company are paying to their bank/investors.

So a club like Chelsea are taking this to the extreme and propping it up with their PL base income streams (TV rights, TIcketing, etc) while paying themselves back on interest, letting the club accumilate the burden.

Of course in the PL and certainly a London based club, you can push this model to the limit.
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All clubs will operate at a loss in the transfer market more or less regardless.

But the way Chelsea have spent big on long contracts recently then of course they will be at a big loss currently. It remains to be seen how much that is worth it in the future for these players.

Barca and big clubs can still be competitive clearly but the EPL bar big clubs and probably more and more Saudi will have average to small clubs signing other countries best talents more and more.

But Chelsea have made a hell of a lot of money in recent years selling on young players and promoted a good few also. Their issue has been not really spending it all that well when have in terms of immediate impact.

There is probably not a better club for these players to go to that can point to either first team chances or a big move on if dont quite make it.
 
Messi983

Messi983

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soul24rage said:
Too soon for him to go to another club imo.

He needs regular game time and a lot of development.
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Pretty sure if they sign him Brighton will loan him out for a season or two to a league like Eredivisie or Belgium to get regular minutes and adapt to European football.
 
soul24rage

soul24rage

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Messi983 said:
Pretty sure if they sign him Brighton will loan him out for a season or two to a league like Eredivisie or Belgium to get regular minutes and adapt to European football.
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Wouldn't be opposed to that idea actually.

Do wonder what plan they have for Barco since they already have Estupinan in the same position, unless they plan to sell him and start Barco
 
Messi983

Messi983

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soul24rage said:
Wouldn't be opposed to that idea actually.

Do wonder what plan they have for Barco since they already have Estupinan in the same position, unless they plan to sell him and start Barco
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Brighton is planning a year or two in advance and want to have substitutes ready before selling.

After Caicedo sale I doubt they will sell another starter unless they'll get a bid they can't refuse.
 
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Porque

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Yeah, Brighton own a Belgian club, City own Spanish/Italian/French clubs, Chelsea own a French club, Forest own a Greek club, West Ham own a Czech club and Newcastle own another Premier League club and a whole league.

No real problem in these teams buying talent and feeding them straight out.
 
soul24rage

soul24rage

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Messi983 said:
Maximo Perrone on loan to Las Palmas.

And Sevilla loaned Montiel to Nottingham Forest who also have a buy option for 11m.

@soul24rage
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Good move for Perrone! I have trust in Pimienta to developing him.

Hopefully more playing time for Montiel who only has Aurier for competition. I don't remember this many Argentines in the PL before.
 
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