Marsdinho Posted 21 November, 2018 Share Posted 21 November, 2018 Cant see a thread on this, but it may have been hidden away on another thread....so. sorry if already posted.... As per this article, Liverpool have a 100m Euro transfer charge on any dealings with Barcelona, due to Mascherano, Suarez and Coutinho going that way and (presumably) their desire to stop VVD, Mane, Salah etc going in future. Makes you wonder why we didnt do something similar. I know we got good deals, and ultimately, players want to go.....but it may have slowed down the exodus somewhat! https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46290480 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabbage_Face Posted 21 November, 2018 Share Posted 21 November, 2018 Because we don't have anymore players to sell to them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 21 November, 2018 Share Posted 21 November, 2018 There will be ways around that, season long loans with permanent deals in summer 2020 etc. Once agents get chatting to clubs, things won’t quite be so straight forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 21 November, 2018 Share Posted 21 November, 2018 They'll just go elsewhere if possible, but sure there's a way around it if they do want it to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuel Posted 21 November, 2018 Share Posted 21 November, 2018 Perhaps we could have a 95m transfer charge to Liverpool in future. I wouldn't want them to get nothing out of the deals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry the Badger Posted 21 November, 2018 Share Posted 21 November, 2018 Presumably because we were quite happy they kept giving us money for our players, because we thought then that we were able to forever replace on the cheap because of the black box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint-Fred Posted 21 November, 2018 Share Posted 21 November, 2018 Presumably because we were quite happy they kept giving us money for our players, because we thought then that we were able to forever replace on the cheap because of the black box. Exactly this. The strategy was to buy players to put them in the shop window to sell, why would the club put a restriction on our best customer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimatt Posted 21 November, 2018 Share Posted 21 November, 2018 Is this their way to stop their old players tapping up their current ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFKA South Woodford Posted 21 November, 2018 Share Posted 21 November, 2018 Cant see a thread on this, but it may have been hidden away on another thread....so. sorry if already posted.... As per this article, Liverpool have a 100m Euro transfer charge on any dealings with Barcelona, due to Mascherano, Suarez and Coutinho going that way and (presumably) their desire to stop VVD, Mane, Salah etc going in future. Makes you wonder why we didnt do something similar. I know we got good deals, and ultimately, players want to go.....but it may have slowed down the exodus somewhat! https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46290480 We certainly didn't get a good deal for Mane, considering what Liverpool paid for Keita and Van Dijk and Mane's importance to our team. Liverpool got a bargain, especially when you see how much money we've had to spend, to bring in players who aren't even a quarter the player he was in a Saints shirt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint si Posted 22 November, 2018 Share Posted 22 November, 2018 Because why would we want to prevent ourselves from selling players when our entire business model is based on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsdinho Posted 22 November, 2018 Author Share Posted 22 November, 2018 Because why would we want to prevent ourselves from selling players when our entire business model is based on it? Its not about preventing them from being sold, its was more about how me may have been able to slow down the exodus, and squeeze more money out of the buying club. Yes, all our decent players have left, just think we may have missed a trick. Slapping a £30 - £50m charge on any transfer dealings wouldnt have put the likes of City and Liverpool off, but we may have got some extra £££ out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfahaji Posted 22 November, 2018 Share Posted 22 November, 2018 "How much do you want for Salah?" "£100m" "Ok" "Ah but you have to pay that extra charge remember?!" "Ok, we offer you £0m" "Right, so 0 + 100 = £100m... sold." Is pretty much how it will work. Utterly pointless. No-one forces Liverpool to sell for a price they're not happy with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 22 November, 2018 Share Posted 22 November, 2018 Its not about preventing them from being sold, its was more about how me may have been able to slow down the exodus, and squeeze more money out of the buying club. Yes, all our decent players have left, just think we may have missed a trick. Slapping a £30 - £50m charge on any transfer dealings wouldnt have put the likes of City and Liverpool off, but we may have got some extra £££ out of it. This is the football equivalent of a shop doubling the price of goods and then selling them as, "Massive 50% off! Wow! Amazing deals, offer ends soon!" but in reverse. Liverpool wouldn't have paid us £50m extra for VvD for example. It would have been £25m, with the £50m on top. This arrangement is basically meaningless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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