Jock's Hill Posted 25 January 2023 Share Posted 25 January 2023 Why do clubs seem to drag out all of these transfer deals to the very last day of the window and even to the last few hours. We know City are trying to sign 3-4 players and ship out a similar number but as of 25th Jan we have signed just one player. In an ideal world that leaves 7 more transfers to complete in 6 days 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post StanSP Posted 25 January 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 25 January 2023 It's not just the clubs though, is it? It's agents wanting to get the best deal for themselves as well as players. It's just not as easy like it used to be on FIFA/FM. Things sadly don't work out like a computer game when it comes to transfers. I do think we could act quicker as a club, but I doubt it's always any club's intention or purpose to 'drag it out' til the last day. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonezy Posted 25 January 2023 Share Posted 25 January 2023 Its so dumb. Especially as we also had a 6 week World Cup break just before the window as well. Modern football continues to baffle me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post goose2010 Posted 25 January 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 25 January 2023 Because football is ran by the players agents. Why would you agree to something at offer 1 for instance. Just look at the lad gone to spurs instead of Everton. More than likely the agent has got a better deal for him and the player. It's the reason they will hold out for until right to the wire and then it's a game of chicken. They make an extra few £ and the player moves. For how much is leaked on twitter etc. There is probably 20x as much going on that people don't and will never know about. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock's Hill Posted 25 January 2023 Author Share Posted 25 January 2023 Can't see all of the deals we would like to complete being done. Maybe not even half. As we need this complete refresh it would be nice to give it a good start and split changes between more than one window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 25 January 2023 Share Posted 25 January 2023 51 minutes ago, Jock's Hill said: 3-4 players and ship out I doubt many of these are any hurry to leave if their contract expires in the summer, just because the club wants them to move doesn't mean they have to. It would need very good deals to tempt them and they're not likely as any club really wanting them can get them for free in 6months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FosseSpark Posted 25 January 2023 Share Posted 25 January 2023 We will get more Jack Shit than Jack Harrison, more Harry Enfield than Harry Souttar and more Titties than Tete.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StriderHiryu Posted 25 January 2023 Share Posted 25 January 2023 1 hour ago, Jock's Hill said: Why do clubs seem to drag out all of these transfer deals to the very last day of the window and even to the last few hours. We know City are trying to sign 3-4 players and ship out a similar number but as of 25th Jan we have signed just one player. In an ideal world that leaves 7 more transfers to complete in 6 days It's not intentional. You get a domino effect where one transfer suddenly makes another one available, and so on. Clubs generally wait till the end to get the most value from it. It's fine if you are Chelsea with more money than sense, then you can buy whoever you want, whenever you want. For everyone else, you have to be careful. All that said, I guarantee Chelsea make a huge last day signing themselves, which will trigger tons of moves across Europe. I'd expect tons of activity from us, even if it's just loan deals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban fox Posted 25 January 2023 Share Posted 25 January 2023 2 hours ago, goose2010 said: Because football is ran by the players agents. Why would you agree to something at offer 1 for instance. Just look at the lad gone to spurs instead of Everton. More than likely the agent has got a better deal for him and the player. It's the reason they will hold out for until right to the wire and then it's a game of chicken. They make an extra few £ and the player moves. For how much is leaked on twitter etc. There is probably 20x as much going on that people don't and will never know about. this has been the case for some time now. Agents will tell their clients to hold out as long as possible so that the buying club get desperate and up the ante, or someone else comes in to gazump the deal. If i recall correctly did that not happen with Willian? came over for a medical with spurs and then signed for Chelsea the next day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grebfromgrebland Posted 25 January 2023 Share Posted 25 January 2023 The domino effect is overrated. Hard cash makes deals happen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban fox Posted 25 January 2023 Share Posted 25 January 2023 1 minute ago, Grebfromgrebland said: The domino effect is overrated. Hard cash makes deals happen. i don't think so. you can only name 25 in a squad, so unless you are paying silly wages for players that are never going to play, you have to create a vacancy first by selling. Either that or if a player leaves unexpectedly, or gets injured, then a replacement has to be found. If Fofana had not had his head turned and spat out his dummy, then we would not have signed Faes, at least not in the last window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose2010 Posted 25 January 2023 Share Posted 25 January 2023 18 minutes ago, Grebfromgrebland said: The domino effect is overrated. Hard cash makes deals happen. That's when you end up paying over the odds for things. Clubs will play against agents too. Its a two way process and the reason it usually goes to the deadline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose2010 Posted 25 January 2023 Share Posted 25 January 2023 24 minutes ago, urban fox said: this has been the case for some time now. Agents will tell their clients to hold out as long as possible so that the buying club get desperate and up the ante, or someone else comes in to gazump the deal. If i recall correctly did that not happen with Willian? came over for a medical with spurs and then signed for Chelsea the next day? It is and probably the same for a lot of players pre Twitter and the internet i imagine it happened a lot more too. I imagine majority of players don't really care who they play for as long as they are getting the best deal possible. Out of interest it how many players do you actually thing don't like playing football and it just happens they are very good at it? How many do it as it is just a job to then. Like me and you, if i didnt have to work and pay bills i wouldnt. There must be footballers out there that just dont like it or have fell out of love with the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban fox Posted 25 January 2023 Share Posted 25 January 2023 I think a fair few must fall out of love with the game given the strict training regimes and constant pressure to perform. not to mention the constant intrusion into their private lives these days. Balotelli famously said that he didn't particularly like being a pro footballer and that it was just his job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimJams Posted 25 January 2023 Share Posted 25 January 2023 I remember Assou-Ekotto openly saying he didn't like football and wanted to go into porn once he'd finished with it. Spurs'll do that to a guy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxes96 Posted 25 January 2023 Share Posted 25 January 2023 13 minutes ago, urban fox said: I think a fair few must fall out of love with the game given the strict training regimes and constant pressure to perform. not to mention the constant intrusion into their private lives these days. Balotelli famously said that he didn't particularly like being a pro footballer and that it was just his job. I think there’s been others as well that have spoken out that they see it more as a job rather than something they love. Bale barely seemed interested in playing for the second half of his career. Danny Rose I believe has spoken about doing it as a job before. And Ben White said he didn’t watch football when asked who his favourite team was IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted 25 January 2023 Share Posted 25 January 2023 1 minute ago, Foxes96 said: I think there’s been others as well that have spoken out that they see it more as a job rather than something they love. Bale barely seemed interested in playing for the second half of his career. Danny Rose I believe has spoken about doing it as a job before. And Ben White said he didn’t watch football when asked who his favourite team was IIRC. I was also told once that Marlon Hareweood didn't actually like football and that he preferred cricket, and that football was just a job to him. Guess it shows given how crap he was. However, someone else told me that he's still playing at Sunday League level for one his mates. So maybe he does like football afterall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Squirrel Posted 25 January 2023 Share Posted 25 January 2023 Transfer deadline day has never been the same since Sky decided that waving a dildo whilst jostling a reporter live did not make for good TV - I beg to differ! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Posted 28 January 2023 Share Posted 28 January 2023 On 25/01/2023 at 13:27, Jock's Hill said: Why do clubs seem to drag out all of these transfer deals to the very last day of the window and even to the last few hours. We know City are trying to sign 3-4 players and ship out a similar number but as of 25th Jan we have signed just one player. In an ideal world that leaves 7 more transfers to complete in 6 days Its mostly our club that does it, we have an addiction to it at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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