Transfer thread for July/August 2022...

[sinkov]

l'm finding it a bit odd that so many of our big earners/high value players, the ones we need to ship out to balance the books, are still here. Are they staying or are they going ? So far we've managed to sell Pope and loan out Wout, Cornet, Roberts, Collins, Brownhill, McNeill still loitering on the premises presumably, taking a huge chunk out of the wage bill while waiting for the right offer. These players have been in the shop window a long while now, but they're still here and the big kick-off draws ever closer. Is this how it was meant to be, or has it all gone Pete Tong ?

[The Bedlington Terrier]

l'm finding it a bit odd that so many of our big earners/high value players, the ones we need to ship out to balance the books, are still here. Are they staying or are they going ? So far we've managed to sell Pope and loan out Wout, Cornet, Roberts, Collins, Brownhill, McNeill still loitering on the premises presumably, taking a huge chunk out of the wage bill while waiting for the right offer. These players have been in the shop window a long while now, but they're still here and the big kick-off draws ever closer. Is this how it was meant to be, or has it all gone Pete Tong ?

The EPL clubs shot themselves in the foot by voting for a short window a couple of years back. They saw the error of their ways and now have until the end of August to sort out their $hit.

The four players you mention mon ami, Roberts, Collins, Brownhill and McNeil are all under contract and will quite rightly be drawing their wages.

The BIG question is, "How good is Alan Pace at poker"?

[ClaretinBudapest]

l'm finding it a bit odd that so many of our big earners/high value players, the ones we need to ship out to balance the books, are still here. Are they staying or are they going ? So far we've managed to sell Pope and loan out Wout, Cornet, Roberts, Collins, Brownhill, McNeill still loitering on the premises presumably, taking a huge chunk out of the wage bill while waiting for the right offer. These players have been in the shop window a long while now, but they're still here and the big kick-off draws ever closer. Is this how it was meant to be, or has it all gone Pete Tong ?

We need more strikers.Looks like Besiktas have nabbed our target to team up with the scarecrow.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

We need more strikers.Looks like Besiktas have nabbed our target to team up with the scarecrow.

The simple truth is he had not accumulated enough international caps to bypass the need for a work permit. Sad, but true.

[WillPark]

The simple truth is he had not accumulated enough international caps to bypass the need for a work permit. Sad, but true.

So now our recruitment team knows to check that before spending a lot of time doing trying to sign someone. Hopefully...

[ClaretinBudapest]

The simple truth is he had not accumulated enough international caps to bypass the need for a work permit. Sad, but true.

Surely getting a work permit for a professional footballer is not difficult?

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Surely getting a work permit for a professional footballer is not difficult?

With Brexit, everything is f*cking difficult.

[WillPark]

l'm finding it a bit odd that so many of our big earners/high value players, the ones we need to ship out to balance the books, are still here. Are they staying or are they going ? So far we've managed to sell Pope and loan out Wout, Cornet, Roberts, Collins, Brownhill, McNeill still loitering on the premises presumably, taking a huge chunk out of the wage bill while waiting for the right offer. These players have been in the shop window a long while now, but they're still here and the big kick-off draws ever closer. Is this how it was meant to be, or has it all gone Pete Tong ?

Do we know what our high value players earn now after being relegated? I saw Crouch go through one of his contracts and he said it was standard that wages dropped by 40 or 50% if you got relegated. (Can’t remember if it was 40 or 50)

[sinkov]

Don't know Will, but I believe they have wage reduction clauses in their contracts, but no idea by how much. All I do know is that Mr Pace states quite clearly in the Annual Report last July, that players would have to be sold in the event of relegation. So far, apart from a few bob for Pope, nowt's happening.

[Supersub6]

IT is no longer just a question of obtaining a work permit because very player moving from one country to another must abide by the following regulations ---this even applies to players who have been playing in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and it causes the occasional problem at all levels, even with Sunday football.

https://www.thefa.com/football-rules...onal-clearance