Village Idiot Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 I've never really understood how first refusals work. The player wants to leave, you inform the club but they have to still agree a fee and the player has to be willing to move to them. Feels more like a courtesy call to me unless a fee had been included as part of the agreement. You have to inform the club of any bid that you've accepted for the player, and accept a matching bid they might make. It's stupid since you'd most likely do that anyway, and it doesn't force the player in any way. So they have next to zero practical effect. In Spanish basketball a refusal/first option *does* force a player to go to the club that uses it, for example. That leads to the fun situation of clubs paying other clubs so they don't use the option on a player they want to sign. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Sounds pretty much like 'keep in the loop'. Reckon we could use some of that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Sky Sources: QPR make improved bid for Celtic striker Gary Hooper. Thought he was destined for the Prem? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Prolific striker at Scunthorpe and Celtic, but is he good enough to do the business in the PL? I've not seen much of him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Richard Dunne signs for QPR. I am going to miss that guy. I loved the way, first day of the season, he'd be increasingly massively overweight, without fail. Also, I note he went an entire season on our books but with a "mystery injury" only to play for Ireland days after the season ended. Funny, that. Still, we've had an Irish centre half with a similar "injury" before, if I recall. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Harry isn't going to get them back up, if he has to get players off of the scrap heap. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Cavani to PSG for about £57m. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Cavani to PSG for about £57m. Could have had Shola for a tenth of that! Mugs! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Pinkman Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Cavani, Ibrahimovic, Falcao, Lavezzi in Ligue 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Fabregas. Please let it happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Pinkman Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Fabregas. Please let it happen. I am not even a 100% why but one of my favourite non-Newcastle players, would be a top signing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Are you still interested in Fellaini? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Some of my Arsenal people are contacting me seething about this Fabregas rumour. Rambling about how nine year old children have never seen Arsenal take the league. I'd hate to see him move to that despicable club, though. He fixes many of their long standing issues. Cavani, Ibrahimovic, Falcao, Lavezzi in Ligue 1 I think all "top players" should play in the Premiership or for Barcelona and Real Madrid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 You make it sound noble, Baba. Playing in a second-rate league because teams offered the most money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Fabregas. Please let it happen. I am not even a 100% why but one of my favourite non-Newcastle players, would be a top signing. He's a class act. I just can't see him being interested. If he wanted to come back to England I would have thought it would be Arsenal or nothing. Are you still interested in Fellaini? Would be so pissed off if we signed Fellaini. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 You make it sound noble, Baba. Playing in a second-rate league because teams offered the most money. Someone like Cabaye came from a title team to a recently promoted midtable side because he would be paid more. If you offer an attractive destination and good payment people should come. The French League is competitive and well-covered. They will live in attractive cities, and compete for a major league title and the Champions League/Europa league most every season. I do not see the issue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Nor do I, but at least there's ambition in playing for certain PL and LL clubs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 15 years ago big players only came here for the money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 15 years ago big players only came here for the money. Now they don't come at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Remember when we did that for Owen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 15 years ago big players only came here for the money. Now they don't come at all. Stop it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfast Mags Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Is that a strange move or is it only me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 15 years ago big players only came here for the money. In 1998? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 There was a decent read on ESPN about the Gomez transfer. Ignore the hyperbole http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/espnfcunited/id/7899?cc=5901 Think it's a good move for both sides. He'll be the main man and score buckets of goals for them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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