The Chinese FA have recently introduced a new rule where all Chinese clubs who buy foreign players have to pay the FA the transfer fee again in tax. The money then goes into grassroots football.
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Aren't they clever?
I think you’re being picky. They still have to pay the money.
If you’re only thinking about highest transfer fee nobody else is.
Nice. That's actually a move for the lad then. Hopefully he'll get some competitive games and develop. Would be great to see him part of the first team next season.It's only a loan until the end of the season.
I find this so tiresome. Sports reporters for major newspapers are inundated this time of year with tip-offs from agents, players, club officials and the rest of it. Sometimes it's people spinning a false story to their advantage (contract talks, negotiations etc) and other times it's crappy sources. This it's all one big conspiracy and they go into the office and say "Hey gang, what story can we make up today?" might happen at Goal.com, or a 'ITK' on Twitter, but it doesn't happen amongst the sports journalists of the Telegraph.
It's almost Trump like this obsession that everything is fake and made up.
Just don't tap the other runner's, apparently it's 'impolite'
Southampton holding out in the summer has created a curious domino effect this window. I can't remember this many big deals being done before. Provided this goes through of course.
Eh? They paid more than his release clause, and are now paying more to bring him in earlier. Perhaps needed, but nothing about the deal is shrewd so how can it be smart? If anything it's stupid.Only makes the deal done for Naby look smarter to be fair. You got him before the huge inflation point.
Even though i don’t rate him that highly, I’ll be gutted to see him do well for another side vying for the Top 4 spot.
He may end up like an Eduardo, who i did not rate that highly as well and thought was settling in surprisingly well and would’ve gone on to become a decent striker for Arsenal had it not been for his injury.
Eh? They paid more than his release clause, and are now paying more to bring him in earlier. Perhaps needed, but nothing about the deal is shrewd so how can it be smart? If anything it's stupid.
Keita had a release clause of £48M for next summer. They paid £57M for him last summer (without actually getting the player for that season) and now if they want him for the rest of the season that'll go up to around £70M for a player that in 6 months could have been bought for £22M less.Only makes the deal done for Naby look smarter to be fair. You got him before the huge inflation point.
He had a 48M release clause for the coming summer. Liverpool wouldn't have been able to be rinsed for more if they waited for then and the player chose them. Only thing smart about the deal was getting it done before the likes of Bayern might have been interested but they signed Tolisso and are looking to sign Goretzka on a free.They got their man for a price that is looking decent in the light of the Coutinho deal. I would have thought they would be rinsed for more if it happened now.
They got their man for a price that is looking decent in the light of the Coutinho deal. I would have thought they would be rinsed for more if it happened now.
Also Coutinho has played really well for them so far this season. They might not even be in the top 4 if they had sold him in the summer. I am not sure you can call it stupid yet. Time will tell. But 50m for Naby Keita looks like a decent deal to me.
Keita had a release clause of £48M for next summer. They paid £57M for him last summer (without actually getting the player for that season) and now if they want him for the rest of the season that'll go up to around £70M for a player that in 6 months could have been bought for £22M less.
He had a 48M release clause for the coming summer. Liverpool wouldn't have been able to be rinsed for more if they waited for then and the player chose them. Only thing smart about the deal was getting it done before the likes of Bayern might have been interested but they signed Tolisso and are looking to sign Goretzka on a free.
The fact that they paid a penny more than the release clause is why it's a stupid deal on their part. Sure it might be cheaper than alternatives but theyve still paid more than they should have, and are paying more to get him in earlier. Think Barca bid what, an extra 20mil this Jan? Apparently they're bringing in keita early for 13mil? For the sake of 7mil you'd get this all done in the summer in my opinion.
What?We don't know they are going to pay the premium to get him earlier or not but that is not what I was talking about.
What?
The fee Liverpool agreed, I believe, was £57m rising to £66m (depending on if Leipzig made champions league next season). So an additional £13m could perhaps take the transfer fee to £77m (if the add ons are met and are included).So be clear an additional £13m on top of the £50m already agreed. Not altogether surprising that RBL would consider that.
Juventus could consider making an offer for Sampdoria midfielder Lucas Torreira in the summer, according to @DiMarzio.
The fee Liverpool agreed, I believe, was £57m rising to £66m (depending on if Leipzig made champions league next season). So an additional £13m could perhaps take the transfer fee to £77m (if the add ons are met and are included).
Here's a link about the initial transfer from the Sun that quotes Sport Bild: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/foot...a-liverpool-66m-german-side-champions-league/
They paid more than his release clause? How did that work? I do remember it being quite a complicated transfer when the story broke.Eh? They paid more than his release clause, and are now paying more to bring him in earlier. Perhaps needed, but nothing about the deal is shrewd so how can it be smart? If anything it's stupid.
Paid his release clause and a premium above his release clause. And now look like paying even more to bring him in earlier. This is somehow a good deal apparently.They paid more than his release clause? How did that work? I do remember it being quite a complicated transfer when the story broke.
His release clause only started becoming active from next summer, so Liverpool paid a premium to secure the transfer a year early but still go through in 2018.They paid more than his release clause? How did that work? I do remember it being quite a complicated transfer when the story broke.
Because with transfers most of it is.
70 million for Naby Keita...
