Nicolò Zaniolo

[chas vs dave]

FWIW my mate also had an ACL while playing Football for the Met Police. He had a slight injury in that area the week before and sadly through his own incompetence carried on playing and injured himself irreparably. It was a shame because he was a good defender similar in style to the Kilman lad at Wolves. Sadly, the force let him go because he couldn't carry out the job properly which was shame because he was half decent and following attackers around the pitch. Doctors said he would be able to avoid arthritis later in life if he finds a more meaningful and less stressful occupation.

My 44 year old sister still plays football, despite having a titanium knee replacement and arthritis in her other knee. Absolute maniac that she is

 

[Qualsonic]

I don't play football anymore and I've never even had ACL problems.

 

[HotSprut]

I have never played competitive football, and my knees are fine.

 

[cider spurs]

I have never played competitive football, and my knees are fine.

I'm calling bullshit.

Word on the street has it you won Skegness knobbly knees comp 2021

Blagger.

 

[Clockspur]

Did my ACL in 2008 playing both Saturdays and Sundays - Saturdays at a half decent level. Took me a year and a half to get it repaired on the NHS - but they did a great job. Been playing for the last 12 years with no hassle - however have stopped this season as I have torn a miniscus in the same knee and it or scar tissue gets trapped in the joint every now and then - bloody painful.

You will learn nothing from the above and I have wasted about 30 seconds of your life - you are welcome

 

[erhieyid]

I only ever played football at school and both my knees are fucked !

 

[Led Revolver]

If the rumours that Roma are asking for £42m for him are true this seems far too high a fee, IMO. A loan with an option, or an obligation for £25/30m if certain criteria were met seems far more reasonable.

£42m doesn’t reflect the risk we’d be taking at all and therefore you can completely understand the impasse in negotiations.

 

[Scot-Spur]

If that rumours that Roma are asking for £42m for him are true this seems far too high a fee, IMO. A loan with an option, or an obligation for £25/30m if certain criteria were met seems far more reasonable.

£42m doesn’t reflect the risk we’d be taking at all and therefore you can completely understand the impasse in negotiations.

Hopefully sort a bigger loan fee and lower option. Something like the Kulu deal.

 

[KILLA_SIN]

If the rumours that Roma are asking for £42m for him are true this seems far too high a fee, IMO. A loan with an option, or an obligation for £25/30m if certain criteria were met seems far more reasonable.

£42m doesn’t reflect the risk we’d be taking at all and therefore you can completely understand the impasse in negotiations.

The club will be insured

 

[Stoof]

The club will be insured

For a pre-existing condition? Your excess would probably be the transfer fee ?

 

[KILLA_SIN]

For a pre-existing condition? Your excess would probably be the transfer fee ?

It would be high but not as high as that. We cdnt get insurance for Demba Ba and Loic Remy so we never went through with those transfers, I'd be very surprised if we can't get the insurance we would go ahead. Anyway, times have changed it's not the injury it use to be.

 

[SDogg]

I work in private medical insurance for premiership football clubs , the insurance for injuries wouldn't be an issue, it would be career ending insurance that would be the biggest issue. Professional Football clubs are insured with the medical history disregarded of the players so it would not even be taking into account about his ACL's.

 

[FibreOpticJesus]

I work in private medical insurance for premiership football clubs , the insurance for injuries wouldn't be an issue, it would be career ending insurance that would be the biggest issue. Professional Football clubs are insured with the medical history disregarded of the players so it would not even be taking into account about his ACL's.

Thanks for the info which is a surprise as this doesnt work for us mere mortals getting private health insurance. I bet the premium is much higher than for a player without any history of said injuries.

 

[DJS]

I work in private medical insurance for premiership football clubs , the insurance for injuries wouldn't be an issue, it would be career ending insurance that would be the biggest issue. Professional Football clubs are insured with the medical history disregarded of the players so it would not even be taking into account about his ACL's.

But what about the condition of your knees?

 

[Stoof]

Thanks for the info which is a surprise as this doesnt work for us mere mortals getting private health insurance. I bet the premium is much higher than for a player without any history of said injuries.

(Mine does - but then you’re staring at a Demi god). You’re welcome!

Thought it would be the opposite really, given that mere mortals aren’t traded amongst their employers for huge sums of monies.

Useful information Snoop Doggy Dogg, if that’s your real name.

 

[dagraham]

Shame the Insurance companies don’t have a “player turns out to be shite” premium.

 

[mil1lion]

Has your player been diagnosed with lazy arse syndrome? Spent 60m on an asset who just cant be arsed? Lazy arse lawyers for you ltd are here to help.

 

[mr ashley]

FWIW my mate also had an ACL while playing Football for the Met Police. He had a slight injury in that area the week before and sadly through his own incompetence carried on playing and injured himself irreparably. It was a shame because he was a good defender similar in style to the Kilman lad at Wolves. Sadly, the force let him go because he couldn't carry out the job properly which was shame because he was half decent and following attackers around the pitch. Doctors said he would be able to avoid arthritis later in life if he finds a more meaningful and less stressful occupation.

Find a more meaningful occupation?
Less stressful for sure, but not sure which occupations would offer more meaning than police, without the obvious other public service roles (teacher, nurse etc)

 

[SDogg]

Thanks for the info which is a surprise as this doesnt work for us mere mortals getting private health insurance. I bet the premium is much higher than for a player without any history of said injuries.

The only factor would be players age. The older they are the more the club will pay for that player. Man Utd won’t be paying extra for eriksen for example, Ronaldos would be more expensive as he’s older. We wouldn’t offer medical history disregarded to an individual policy, but we would for teams and companies etc where at least 20 players/employees are being covered. We as a company wouldn’t even check a players history of injuries, we would just get them added to the policy and the risk is spread over the whole team as the premiums for professional sports are high anyway.

 

[brisbanespur]

The only factor would be players age. The older they are the more the club will pay for that player. Man Utd won’t be paying extra for eriksen for example, Ronaldos would be more expensive as he’s older. We wouldn’t offer medical history disregarded to an individual policy, but we would for teams and companies etc where at least 20 players/employees are being covered. We as a company wouldn’t even check a players history of injuries, we would just get them added to the policy and the risk is spread over the whole team as the premiums for professional sports are high anyway.

So what sort of money per year does it cost to insure a Prem league team and does it vary much from club to club. Just incase I want to buy a club if u come into a bit of money, always good to do the due diligence