SUMMER TRANSFER THREAD 2013

[Bruno Di Gradi]

i swear we dont want a striker lmao...just ltting every striker go elsewhere

[O Fenomeno]

i know

but they only have 2 forwards

aguero needs to step up

he was trash last season

He picked up that foot injury against Southampton that killed him

They will have five with Jovetic and Guidetti

[Creed Diskenth]

Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo has denied the club have made moves to sign Arsenal playmaker Santi Cazorla.

The 28-year-old cost Arsene Wenger in the region of £12million when he moved from Malaga last summer, with the player going on to score 12 goals in his debut season at the Emirates.

Reports on Wednesday claimed Atletico chief executive Miguel Angel Gil Marin had opened discussions with the Gunners over a possible £17.5million deal to take Cazorla back to Spain.

However, when quizzed about a possible deal for the former Villarreal star, Cerezo denied Atletico had made a bid.

"We have no news of Cazorla," he said. "They are inventions that occur every day."

 

 

Feyenoord technical director Martin van Geel says the "door is always open" for John Guidetti should he decide to leave Manchester City.

The highly-rated Sweden striker joined City as a 16-year-old from IF Brommapojkarna 2008 but has made just one first-team appearance for the Premier League club.

It is unclear whether new City boss Manuel Pellegrini sees a future for Guidetti at the Etihad Stadium, though he is currently part of the first-team squad for their pre-season tour of South Africa.

The 21-year-old, who has also been linked with a move to Sunderland, has been sent out on three separate loan spells, including a season-long loan to Feyenoord in 2011/12.

He scored 20 goals in 23 appearances for the Eredivisie outfit to become an instant crowd favourite at De Kuip.

Van Geel says the club would welcome him back with open arms should he be made available, though he stressed no deal was imminent.

"Guidetti is in our hearts and the door is always open for him," he told the AD newspaper.

"If a godsend occurs, we would naturally increase our squad with him.

"But I would like to say clearly that no concrete efforts have been made to get him."

[Davicious X]

i know 

 

but they only have 2 forwards 

 

aguero needs to step up 

 

he was trash last season 

 

Wasnt he injured for 3 months and still scored 17 goals?

[Fighting Weight]

Aguero had a bad injury

 

City have

 

Aguero

Dzeko (on his way out?)

Negredo

Giudetti

Jovetic

[Gambino]

Ed Woodward flying home from Australia for Urgent Transfer Deal at United. Someone coming in apparently, not the Rooney saga.

[youcleanwepaint]

Ed Woodward flying home from Australia for Urgent Transfer Deal at United. Someone coming in apparently, not the Rooney saga.

don't gas me

[Bobby Reds]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoHyH61ZUiM

 

Anything under £45m is a piss take thank you very much.

LOL calm down... you could make a compilation of Miccoli best goals ever and see the same shit...

 

No way is suarez worth more than £25-30 m's

 

what they should do is make a compilation of the suarez worst misses/wasted chances...

[youcleanwepaint]

Rafa got £124m to spend

the cavani sale helping man reap the rewards

[Fighting Weight]

Napoli in a CL final within 3 years

 

League title within 2

[Agony]

Cisse is on strike(still not happy with issues regarding the kit sponsors). Staying at home while Newcastle go to Portugal for pre-season.

[Badman]

slightly hypocritical imo 

[LS]

Negredo  > City

 

According to Sevilla's president

 

 

Hulk > Monaco

 

52 mil

 

 

Monaco are doing a madness

[youcleanwepaint]

Negredo  > City

 

According to Sevilla's president

 

 

Hulk > Monaco

 

52 mil

 

 

Monaco are doing a madness

wow sevilla are taking the piss out of city

[Agony]

Jorge Mendes>>>>>

The amount of big money deals he's been involved in during the last few years.

[youcleanwepaint]

The new coach of Real Madrid, Carlo Ancelotti will try to hold Mesut Ozil (24, offering him a deal until 2019. The Germany midfielder told to Sport Bild: "It's beautiful that Real want to extend the agreement, I'm happy because that's means that they trust me and they are happy about my profit. At the moment but there is not trade or a date. Surely i can think to end my career at Real, but I can also think about something different and new".

 

Despite Manchester City having absolutely not displayed considering letting their main star leave, both Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti and owner Florentino Perez are now determined to make their own best efforts in order to try signing Argentinian international forward Sergio El Kun Agüero (25). Currently on a deal with English giants until June 2017, former Atletico Madrid star's ownership is esteemed around 45 million euros.

 

Still aiming to sign from AS Roma Italian international striker Pablo Daniel Osvaldo (27), who's tracked by Napoli as well, Southampton management, while keeping their eyes open on Leandro Damiao as well (one more Napoli target), have already offered 20 million euros for his ownership, but former Fiorentina and Espanyol is player is refusing Saints as a destination. Meanwhile, Zenit Saint Petersbourg are approaching Argentinian-descented player, who might most likely be tempted by Russian giants, due to the chance to play Champions League next edition. Osvaldo is still on a deal with Giallorossi until June 2016.

 

Sunderland management have just tried to sign Italian international forward Lorenzo Insigne (22) from Napoli. Black Cats manager, Paolo Di Canio, is still keen on several Serie A players, but at the time the player has refused such a chance, despite a significant annual fee raise offered to him. Insigne is currently on a deal with Azzurri until June 2017.

yer I see this paolo trying things, but first he need to get out the deadwood

[Thizz]

Monaco my new team on FIFA.

[LS]

How are Monaco spending over 160 mil already?!

 

 

The club is not even in europe

 

this financial fair play shit is a myth

[Agony]

How are Monaco spending over 160 mil already?!

 

 

The club is not even in europe

 

this financial fair play sh*t is a myth

Multi Billionaire owner + 0% tax

[LS]

How are Monaco spending over 160 mil already?!

 

 

The club is not even in europe

 

this financial fair play sh*t is a myth

Multi Billionaire owner + 0% tax

 

Yeah i know but there's no way this team will be allowed to play in Europe.

 

Stadium capacity is  18k 

 

Palace will get more than this team in TV rights

 

Unless they have signed some massive sponsorship they can't cover their spending.

 

Man like Platini is going to be eating healthy from these lot,  he won't say a thing

[Agony]

Re: FFP and Monaco

AS MONACO FC: A ‘BOUTIQUE CLUB’ OR ‘LA CATASTROPHE ASSURÉE’?

June 23, 2013

· by sportslawmatt

· in Financial Fair Play.

This first blog will take a look at newly promoted AS Monaco FC and their recent spending spree under Russian billionaire Dmitri Rybolvlev, the threat from the French Football League (LFP) and how UEFA’s Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations may be cause for concern.

Spree

The recent transfers of star-studded players to AS Monaco FC of Radamel Falcao (€50m from Athletico Madrid) and James Rodriguez and Joao Moutinho (€45m and €25m respectively from FC Porto) have not gone unnoticed in world football. The attractiveness of the tax haven principality of Monaco for overseas players will see these stars and any other incoming player pay zero tax.

The implications of this alerted other French football clubs who claimed to be at unfair disadvantage. In response the French Football League (LFP) now requires every team playing in Ligue 1 to register their headquarters in France for tax purposes, where the rate is considerably higher at 50%. Unsurprisingly Monaco FC has now taken their case to the highest French court rejecting the new requirement. A decision is unlikely to come anytime soon though so AS Monaco FC and Rybolvlev will push ahead with their attempts to reach the lucrative Champions League and join Europe’s elite. The effect of FFP, however, should provide much concern for the club off the field.

FFP

The Financial Fair Play regulations brought in by UEFA sought to address the financial crisis clubs in European competition may suffer through failure to manage their debts. One of the main consequences of FFP would prevent those clubs from using wealthy owners or investors to balance major losses.

From the 2013-2014 season onwards a ‘break even’ policy must be complied which states that a club’s outgoings, mainly through transfer fees and player wages, cannot exceed their income from football related activity such as ticket sales or sponsorships.

This “break-even” policy, or ‘acceptable deviation’, to term more appropriately, will by the 2014-2015 season only allow owners of clubs or investors to inject a maximum of €45m over the previous three year period for any losses incurred in that time. Should the loss remain at this figure or over, the club will fail to “break-even” and fall foul of the FFP rules. From the 2015-2016 onwards only a maximum of €30m can be injected over a three year period.

There is an ongoing challenge to UEFA’s “break-even” rule, however, led by Belgian football agent Daniel Striani and supported by Jean-Louis Dupont; the lawyer who was part of the legal team in the landmark Bosman case in 1995 which allowed players to move on free transfers when their contracts expire. The duo are brining an action in the Belgian civil Court of First instance questioning the legality of the FFP rules suggesting clubs should be able to control their own finances if they pay a ‘luxury tax’; a one-off figure that keeps UEFA at bay for an unknown period of time. Striani claims the “break-even” rule is illegal under European Union (EU) law as it infringes EU competition law and the right to free movement (of workers, services and capital). Furthermore Striani believes the rule is a disproportionate response to the current situation as there are alternative measures available to control spending. A decision on this matter is not expected on by the European Commission until 2014 and clubs like AS Monaco FC should still be preparing for FFP rules to be enforced.

FFP also covers a range of licensing conditions which need to be adhered to before participating in UEFA competition. Most recently Malaga FC was banned from next season’s Europa League for failing to pay overdue debts; a requirement of the UEFA licensing regime. Last week the decision was contested by Malaga FC but upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

It is clear that the primary intention of the FFP rules is to prevent clubs with major investment such as Chelsea, Manchester City and now AS Monaco from spending large amounts of money to guarantee instant success and instead to consider the long-term implications. Clubs who have had long-term success and receive a large amount of revenue from their global image such as Manchester United, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich will continue to thrive. Developing clubs like Borussia Dortmund, who have a viable business model, have placed great emphasis on youth development and shrewd transfer activity. After achieving success in reaching the Champions League Final this year, they face the inevitable prospect that their best players will go to those bigger, more established clubs which will hinder their growth into one of Europe’s elite.

Balancing the books

The business model at AS Monaco would appear to be someway short of complying with FFP following the recruitment of over €125m worth of players so far this summer. Should they qualify for either of the European competitions next season the earliest they would be required to show their ‘balanced’ books would be December 2014. This would incorporate the previous three seasons, two of which have been in France’s second tier, Ligue 2.

Champions League qualification for the 2014-2015 season would provide significant income through participation and television rights but this would not be taken into account until the following season under the previous three-year period FFP rule. It is therefore difficult to see how the club will fall within the acceptable deviation of €45m.

AS Monaco play their home games at Stade Louis II which holds a capacity crowd of 18,000 and plays host to the European Super Cup each season. Whilst playing in Ligue 2 last season, the average attendance was around 5,500 which will be expected to at least double next season given the arrival of such stellar names and the return to France’s top league. The club should receive more money through Ligue 1 television rights and bigger sponsors will also be looking to get involved following the acquisition of Falcao and co. In a further attempt to boost finances there are plans in place to turn AS Monaco into an ‘aspirational luxury boutique brand’ kitting out 5000 stadium seats with lavish benefits believed to be costing €2000 per game. 5000 more seats would be priced at €200 with the remainder on sale at current prices. It would be interesting to see whether local residents would be willing to pay for the more expensive seats on a regular basis in place of a new Rolex or Ferrari.

Conclusion

Whilst AS Monaco FC are thriving in the transfer market with a promising season on the football pitch seemingly ahead, it remains to be seen whether off-the-field the threat of new tax requirements and FFP regulations will alter Dmitri Rybolvlev’s future ambitions rendering them more realistic. The ongoing challenge to FFP by Striani and Dupont may provide some relief but not until at least 2014. Should AS Monaco qualify for Europe next season their success could be short-lived unless they find a viable business model to accommodate their excessive spending.

http://sportslawmatt.wordpress.com/2013/06/23/asmonacoboutique/

[darkman]

Saw some stat about hulk that he gave the ball away more than anyother player in CL last season

 

Horrible player