If the Transfer window was between June 1st to July 31st

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Id personally love it. Everything would actually happen pre season and all the teams would have a settled team before any competitive games (super cups etc).

Is there any good reason why it doesn't actually end before the seasons start?
 
RedStarUnited said:
Id personally love it. Everything would actually happen pre season and all the teams would have a settled team before any competitive games (super cups etc).

Is there any good reason why it doesn't actually end before the seasons start?
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Tournaments?
 
RedStarUnited said:
Id personally love it. Everything would actually happen pre season and all the teams would have a settled team before any competitive games (super cups etc).

Is there any good reason why it doesn't actually end before the seasons start?
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It will disrupt teams more, because 1 mths is not long enough for negotiation, paperwork, and in real life transfer got a lot of paperwork to be done. And players moving in is actually a complicated stuff. Try moving to another city, let alone another country. Visa, work permit, etc.

If your idea is in practice, clubs will be negotiating all thw time and further destabilize the related player
 
RedStarUnited said:
Id personally love it. Everything would actually happen pre season and all the teams would have a settled team before any competitive games (super cups etc).

Is there any good reason why it doesn't actually end before the seasons start?
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Like Summit says, tournaments such as World Cup, Copa América, Euros, Confederations Cup etc - every summer there's a tournament of some sort going on which goes from the end of the season until early-mid July.

There are a few deals which happen during the tournaments such as Firmino to Liverpool, but usually not a great deal is done during that time as the international managers want their players focused on the team with no disruptions.
 
I would be all for a one month summer transfer window and a one week winter transfer window. I hate transfer windows.
 
Sky1981 said:
It will disrupt teams more, because 1 mths is not long enough for negotiation, paperwork, and in real life transfer got a lot of paperwork to be done. And players moving in is actually a complicated stuff. Try moving to another city, let alone another country. Visa, work permit, etc.

If your idea is in practice, clubs will be negotiating all thw time and further destabilize the related player
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Like feck the player organises any of that stuff. They just sign a piece of paper and get on a plane.
 
There is a lot of transfers that happen now because player see that they do not have many chances in their team because of new players or new coaches.
 
They should create a Tinder for football transfers. I'll let you figure out the technicalities.
 
It should be one month only, agents are handling the players transfer anyways, can just wait to announce it after a tournament or do it before.
 
Jacob said:
They should create a Tinder for football transfers. I'll let you figure out the technicalities.
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I can imagine Van Gaal flipping throuhg it, category CB:

"Oh, gorgeous blonde hair... yeah, right height, weight looks good. Credentiaaals?... yup, all there. Yup, this is the one! Finally! Woody, look over here! What a speciment!... Oh for fecks sake, again? Right foot only? *sigh* *left swipe*"
 
nokillingmoths said:
Like feck the player organises any of that stuff. They just sign a piece of paper and get on a plane.
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Then realise their wife hates Manchester so they bugger off to Paris costing us £20m... So perhaps having as long a time as possible to consider a move is a good idea... Though it would make sense if moves couldn't take place after the league has started
 
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I'd be all for removing the windows so that purchases can be made at any time.

However I'd introduce a total limit of 7 transfers (outgoing+incoming). No more transactions can be made during the calendar year.

Only exceptions are emergency loans.

That would make clubs think about their transfer policy more. No more signing 10 players in 1 window.
 
I have a much better plan.

Firstly, it's important to have 19 teams and not 18. Makes things smooth.

Now, there will be a public forum. Every transfer negotiation has to be done on this forum. For example, the Real Madrid page on this forum will have all its players, Ramos will have a page in this. A club that wants to buy him, has to approach via this forum. Every discussion made between the player, the buying club, the selling club and the agent can only be done on this forum.

Access to this forum will be sold to the general public. Season access will come at a discount. Monthly, weekly access etc.

The transfer window will be open from Sep-Dec and from Feb-July.

All matches will be played in the 3 months the window is closed. Jan, Aug and Sept. 3 months, 36 games per team. 90 days, 36 matches. Imagine the thrill with games coming thick and fast.

Imagine Woody going mental on this forum with every word of all discussions being available to the masses :drool:
 
Even though I can't help but enjoy deadline day no matter how silly sky make it, i still love it. I can't help but feel things were easier and better when there was no windows at all

I think the way it used to be is that in about March or April you were no longer allowed to make and signings in the good old days
 
Sky1981 said:
It will disrupt teams more, because 1 mths is not long enough for negotiation, paperwork, and in real life transfer got a lot of paperwork to be done. And players moving in is actually a complicated stuff. Try moving to another city, let alone another country. Visa, work permit, etc.

If your idea is in practice, clubs will be negotiating all thw time and further destabilize the related player
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Indeed, this is why we don't have a one month window in the winter. If we did there would be no transfers due to all the paperwork.
 
RedStarUnited said:
Id personally love it. Everything would actually happen pre season and all the teams would have a settled team before any competitive games (super cups etc).

Is there any good reason why it doesn't actually end before the seasons start?
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Because the season do not ends june 1st, for example the Liga Adelante ended late june. Also the fact that there is little football in June allows club's employees to take their holidays without disturbing the clubs activities.
 
It isn't ideal, but you can't bring it back due to tournaments, and i'd rather it be this way then delay the season.
 
Sir A1ex said:
There's always 6 weeks, it's plenty of time. There's no sense in overlapping the start of the season like it does at the moment.
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What is bothering you at the moment, exactly? Clubs can negociate and sign players outside of the transfer window, the only thing that the transfer window does is set the dates where the players can actually join their new clubs.
 
golden_blunder said:
However I'd introduce a total limit of 7 transfers (outgoing+incoming). No more transactions can be made during the calendar year.

Only exceptions are emergency loans.

That would make clubs think about their transfer policy more. No more signing 10 players in 1 window.
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This mightn't work at lower levels - lots of players on short contracts leaving at the end of the season, either released or poached on bosmans, who then all need replacing with new signings. Also the threat of administration is just around the corner for a lot of lower league tables and then they have to cut the wage bill by off-loading high earners and bringing in cheaper replacements. Same goes for relegated clubs as well who can no longer afford the wages from their previous division. Nice idea by it would be a logistical nightmare to allow for these kind of things and some more I probably haven't thought of.
 
Varun said:
I have a much better plan.

Firstly, it's important to have 19 teams and not 18. Makes things smooth.

Now, there will be a public forum. Every transfer negotiation has to be done on this forum. For example, the Real Madrid page on this forum will have all its players, Ramos will have a page in this. A club that wants to buy him, has to approach via this forum. Every discussion made between the player, the buying club, the selling club and the agent can only be done on this forum.

Access to this forum will be sold to the general public. Season access will come at a discount. Monthly, weekly access etc.

The transfer window will be open from Sep-Dec and from Feb-July.

All matches will be played in the 3 months the window is closed. Jan, Aug and Sept. 3 months, 36 games per team. 90 days, 36 matches. Imagine the thrill with games coming thick and fast.

Imagine Woody going mental on this forum with every word of all discussions being available to the masses :drool:
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:lol:

The idea of it all being public is brilliant actually.
 
JPRouve said:
What is bothering you at the moment, exactly? Clubs can negociate and sign players outside of the transfer window, the only thing that the transfer window does is set the dates where the players can actually join their new clubs.
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I just think that if you're going to have a transfer window to try and maintain stability, it makes sense for it to close when the season starts.
I don't like being in the current situation where you have to play 3 or 4 matches with what will not ultimately be your full squad for the season.
You get this ridiculous DDG / Schneiderlin / others situation of players not being "in the right state of mind" etc.
Also odd how it randomly benefits teams due to fixtures, eg spurs get to play us with no DDG or ADM and no replacements either.
 
Sir A1ex said:
I just think that if you're going to have a transfer window to try and maintain stability, it makes sense for it to close when the season starts.
I don't like being in the current situation where you have to play 3 or 4 matches with what will not ultimately be your full squad for the season.
You get this ridiculous DDG / Schneiderlin / others situation of players not being "in the right state of mind" etc.
Also odd how it randomly benefits teams due to fixtures, eg spurs get to play us with no DDG or ADM and no replacements either.
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And I think that the transfer window should open when the season ends, which is 30th june, there are national competitions in June. Also there is a clear egocentrism in that request because European competitions literally begin the 30th june.

It doesn't matter when it begins or ends, professional football is played in June, July and August.
 
Sky1981 said:
It will disrupt teams more, because 1 mths is not long enough for negotiation, paperwork, and in real life transfer got a lot of paperwork to be done. And players moving in is actually a complicated stuff. Try moving to another city, let alone another country. Visa, work permit, etc.

If your idea is in practice, clubs will be negotiating all thw time and further destabilize the related player
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Yet thousands of transfers were done during that period this season, even last season and every year before it too.
 
JPRouve said:
And I think that the transfer window should open when the season ends, which is 30th june, there are national competitions in June. Also there is a clear egocentrism in that request because European competitions literally begin the 30th june.

It doesn't matter when it begins or ends, professional football is played in June, July and August.
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It's never going to be perfect, we'd probably need to exclude qualifying matches from the thinking, but there is very little football played in June and July. Pretty much all European leagues start in August, so a June-July window would clear the problems I outlined up for 90% of clubs.
 
Sir A1ex said:
I would love a totally transparent system. No more reading reports that club x has bid this that or the other. They've either bid or they haven't, black and white.
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True that, and it could also decrease the influence of the sleazy agents.
 
Sir A1ex said:
It's never going to be perfect, we'd probably need to exclude qualifying matches from the thinking, but there is very little football played in June and July. Pretty much all European leagues start in August, so a June-July window would clear the problems I outlined up for 90% of clubs.
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The problem is that in Rugby(Top14), the transfer window is very short, around 10 days. But the consequence of that is that the players and clubs negotiate in the middle of the season, some announcements are made in Sept-Oct.
The good thing with the current organisation is that it allows clubs to peacefully concentrate on transfers from June to August. If you open the transfer window in June you need to modify a lot of competitions and end all the competitions by june, you will also see transfers being negotiated in May when the players are fighting for silverware.
 
All incomings and outgoings should be sorted before the first game. I've never understood why it isn't like this.

If I was manager of a club I'd make sure all the business was done before first game anyway.
 
I'd ideally like the window to be from 1st June to 31st July. The problem with that, however, is that most players will be on holiday/international duty during most part of June which makes negotiations difficult.
 
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