- Jul 15, 2012
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Actually this isn't my opinion this time
As my good friend the Kool-Aid man would say: Ohhhhh yeahhhhh.
Actually this isn't my opinion this time
Actually this isn't my opinion this time
Well there I go from 6 to midnight.Actually this isn't my opinion this time
Yes, well that's one colorful way to put it.
Or, shit just got real, yo!
On a slightly more serious note... this is rather surprising, isn't it? I think we were all distinctly under the impression that this is going to be yet another quiet January. Such is the way. But if JJ, of all people, is insinuating that something is afoot... well, that's really interesting. Of course, I can't begin to guess who it might be. But if he's insisting it's someone that might walk into the first 11, it's gotta be a pretty bloody good player. As it's not like we have any glaring holes. Keeping my fingers crossed that something comes from it!!
This. 100 percent. We're the most ambitious club in the world when it comes to leaking stories out. I want to f**k Kim Kardashian, doesn't mean I will though.
Not true at all.
Clubs may well unofficially agree stuff with players off the record but they absolutely cannot sign any kind of legally binding contract or pre-contract with a player from the same division. Bayern, for example, are clearly after Goretzka and keep talking about him in the press, and I'm sure they've met "unofficially" with his representatives to discuss whether he's interested, what kind of contract he'd expect etc. but they absolutely cannot under any circumstances sign a contract with him, unless of course they agree a fee with Schalke etc. first but then it's not a bosman. You can say "well it won't stop Bayern" etc. all you like but that's just nonsense to be honest. Name me a single time when that has happened. Unofficially "agreeing" things with a player's representatives is not the same thing as signing a pre-contract which is legally binding.
I'm not naive enough to think that no rule-breaking occurs behind the scenes, let's be honest, every single transfer of any player involves at least some level of "tapping up", but there's no way the clubs sign a legal document like a pre-contract when it's against the rules because it would essentially be like signing a confession that you've broken the rules. It's like taking a time-stamped photo of yourself robbing a bank or something.
Sorry mate but you're completely wrong there.
Teams can absolutely buy/sell players in advance and it happens all the time. They sign all the same paperwork as you do for a normal transfer but you just put the date in as the first day of the next transfer window (or whatever it may be). For example, we did that when we signed Modric. We signed all the paperwork in the spring some time I believe and then he came in the summer.
As for bosman, you're also not quite right. They can sign a pre-contract with another club 6 months before the end of their current deal (whether that be January or otherwise) but that only applies to FOREIGN clubs i.e. City cannot sign a pre-contract with Sanchez at the moment, but someone like Bayern could. A club in the same league can only sign a pre-contract with the player 1 month before the end of their contract.
Not sure why you'd give such a definitive answer to someone's question when clearly you don't really know what you're talking about
If it is someone who he says can walk straight into the side I would assume that it would be player(s) already playing in PL
If they are to make an impact straight away then i would of thought it was a premier league player. Maybe mahrez?
Unless there’s a non HG player leaving, it would have to be some HG for CL registration rules. There aren’t many of those who could improve us immediately. Walker, maybe Shaw, Rashford, none of which seem likely.
That is until you remember that Bale counts as homegrown by Spurs....
Sanchez went straight into the team after joining from Ajax.
Interesting. I think you can also use underage players without registering them as part of your CL squad.