Transfer Fee Question
Discussion
Full disclosure - I’m not a football fan, so this may be a stupid question (or series of questions).
In a theoretical £100M transfer, how is the money split between the agent, player and selling club (especially given the new club will pay player, and presumably also a cut to the agent)?
Also, how do ‘loans’ work? The receiving club pays the player as a form of ‘rent’? What’s the benefit to the club loaning the player, or indeed to the player being loaned? Also does this change of the player os being loaned to a ‘better’ or ‘worse’ club?
(I do keep a weather eye on Carlisle United though…)
In a theoretical £100M transfer, how is the money split between the agent, player and selling club (especially given the new club will pay player, and presumably also a cut to the agent)?
Also, how do ‘loans’ work? The receiving club pays the player as a form of ‘rent’? What’s the benefit to the club loaning the player, or indeed to the player being loaned? Also does this change of the player os being loaned to a ‘better’ or ‘worse’ club?
(I do keep a weather eye on Carlisle United though…)
ChevronB19 said:
Full disclosure - I’m not a football fan, so this may be a stupid question (or series of questions).
In a theoretical £100M transfer, how is the money split between the agent, player and selling club (especially given the new club will pay player, and presumably also a cut to the agent)?
Also, how do ‘loans’ work? The receiving club pays the player as a form of ‘rent’? What’s the benefit to the club loaning the player, or indeed to the player being loaned? Also does this change of the player os being loaned to a ‘better’ or ‘worse’ club?
(I do keep a weather eye on Carlisle United though…)
https://www.espn.co.uk/football/soccer-transfers/story/4729033/transfer-window-qanda-what-are-add-ons-what-do-agents-make-why-do-clubs-leave-it-until-deadline-dayIn a theoretical £100M transfer, how is the money split between the agent, player and selling club (especially given the new club will pay player, and presumably also a cut to the agent)?
Also, how do ‘loans’ work? The receiving club pays the player as a form of ‘rent’? What’s the benefit to the club loaning the player, or indeed to the player being loaned? Also does this change of the player os being loaned to a ‘better’ or ‘worse’ club?
(I do keep a weather eye on Carlisle United though…)
ChevronB19 said:
Full disclosure - I’m not a football fan, so this may be a stupid question (or series of questions).
In a theoretical £100M transfer, how is the money split between the agent, player and selling club (especially given the new club will pay player, and presumably also a cut to the agent)?
Also, how do ‘loans’ work? The receiving club pays the player as a form of ‘rent’? What’s the benefit to the club loaning the player, or indeed to the player being loaned? Also does this change of the player os being loaned to a ‘better’ or ‘worse’ club?
(I do keep a weather eye on Carlisle United though…)
Generally if the true transfer fee is £100M then that is all due to the club with separate amounts negotiated with player and agent around fees and wages. All will depend on what is agreed. In a theoretical £100M transfer, how is the money split between the agent, player and selling club (especially given the new club will pay player, and presumably also a cut to the agent)?
Also, how do ‘loans’ work? The receiving club pays the player as a form of ‘rent’? What’s the benefit to the club loaning the player, or indeed to the player being loaned? Also does this change of the player os being loaned to a ‘better’ or ‘worse’ club?
(I do keep a weather eye on Carlisle United though…)
Loans are effectively renting, sometimes a club won’t pay anything for the player or wages, sometimes just a % of wages (up to 100%) and sometimes a fee to the club being loaned from.
Motivations may vary such as:
- a young player need games to develop and won’t at his current club
- a player is no longer required in the squad but nobody wishes to buy them, a loan can be a good way to put them in the shop window so to speak.
- a player is unhappy with playing time and the club don’t want a poor influence at the club.
Effectively the player gets game time he might not get, the club loaning out get either an unhappy player out or a young player developed.
Loans - yes renting club will pay / contribute to the wage . What the player / club gets is first team football and a player off their books for a period of time which might allow them to bring another in. It’s very much a dark art that nobody fully understands.
Than £100m fee may never materialise in full. There can be multiple conditions 50% now 20% when they play so many games score so many goals etc… plus fees to pay if they are sold. I remember we received a few years after selling a player because he played for England or something.
Than £100m fee may never materialise in full. There can be multiple conditions 50% now 20% when they play so many games score so many goals etc… plus fees to pay if they are sold. I remember we received a few years after selling a player because he played for England or something.
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