• coyootje
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    3 years ago

    Better squeeze in just a few more exploitative long contracts before UEFA or FIFA steps in

    • Blither@lemm.ee
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      3 years ago

      Have the rules around amortising over a max of 5 years not come in yet?

      It seems a bizarre way or circumventing the rules given it is so risky, surely? I could understand it in a sport where the team was less important, the individual more so (possibly baseball?), as it is maybe less likely that a player loses value. The Premier League is littered with players being overpaid and difficult to offload, signed on high contracts by optimistic clubs. Giving relatively unproven players 8 year contracts seems to be asking for trouble…

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    3 years ago

    8 years again?!

    These absolute morons. Keep it up Todd!

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      3 years ago

      Feels absurd to hear these long contracts for players who had performed well for a short period

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        3 years ago

        It won’t. Saudi has given them a perfect get out jail card for underperforming players on long contracts

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    3 years ago

    Picked up nothing from the transfers last window, eh?

    • Limes
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      3 years ago

      The American way.

  • Boondock
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    3 years ago

    It’s going to be fun to look at the Chelsea transfer window at end of this summer.