Would the FA be allowed to do that? Isn't it an EU issue? The best my googling could get is a player is free to sign a pre contract with any other club registered in an EU association.Gone quiet on that one.
When you actually look for details in this kind of thing, it is notoriously sketchy. If you look up loan regulations & whether it counts toward a players eligibility as 'home grown' for example it's really difficult.
There is a section in the FA rules which might cover this pre contract business, which is worded in such a way that it suggests that a club has the right to 'offer' a player over 24 a new contract, when the present one runs out & then, on receipt of that offer, the player has 28 days to accept, if the offer is rejected, 'the player is immediately free to negotiate with another club'.
So it could perhaps be, that is the FA rule here, wheras the rule for other counties follows Bosman.
Hence, if you want to play here, you have to abide by the FA rule.
That's the best I can come up with.
Would the FA be allowed to do that? Isn't it an EU issue? The best my googling could get is a player is free to sign a pre contract with any other club registered in an EU association.
I did find some FA rules which stated after April 1st a player is free to negotiate with other clubs but I didn't really understand what it meant
Would the FA be allowed to do that? Isn't it an EU issue? The best my googling could get is a player is free to sign a pre contract with any other club registered in an EU association.
I did find some FA rules which stated after April 1st a player is free to negotiate with other clubs but I didn't really understand what it meant
Possibly, & BS is such a talented player, but when Sane came on v Newcastle, imo there was suddenly a feeling that Newcastle were in iminent peril, if they lost the ball, which isn't there when BS plays & tbf, imo wasn't there whe Silva & Nasri played either, great as they were. We strike terror into opponents now.
Imo Sterling & Sane are now a blueprint for footballing terror which Pep has discovered through trying different options, & much as I love DS, if he was playing in place of Sterling or Sane, (assuming both are on form) I'd say we were a 'weaker' team, than with those two in it. Not necessarily so, with Sanchez up there, as he can still go direct like Raheem & Leroy do. But Bernardo, DS, even KDB, in a front 3 position, is now usually a step down in attack imo.
Of course that can change with the incessant bus parking negating their pace, but even then both Raheem & Leroy tend to shoot & run in behind more too.
As it stands, Sanchez would be a great alternative to either, or to Jesus/Aguero, but if Pep decides he can play as an alternative to DS & KDB, I think both Bernardo & Gundogan may have a problem.
Don't forget, Pep wanted both Sanchez & Mbappe. Maybe the idea wasn't for both to play in the front 3.
Possibly, & BS is such a talented player, but when Sane came on v Newcastle, imo there was suddenly a feeling that Newcastle were in iminent peril, if they lost the ball, which isn't there when BS plays & tbf, imo wasn't there whe Silva & Nasri played either, great as they were. We strike terror into opponents now.
Imo Sterling & Sane are now a blueprint for footballing terror which Pep has discovered through trying different options, & much as I love DS, if he was playing in place of Sterling or Sane, (assuming both are on form) I'd say we were a 'weaker' team, than with those two in it. Not necessarily so, with Sanchez up there, as he can still go direct like Raheem & Leroy do. But Bernardo, DS, even KDB, in a front 3 position, is now usually a step down in attack imo.
Of course that can change with the incessant bus parking negating their pace, but even then both Raheem & Leroy tend to shoot & run in behind more too.
As it stands, Sanchez would be a great alternative to either, or to Jesus/Aguero, but if Pep decides he can play as an alternative to DS & KDB, I think both Bernardo & Gundogan may have a problem.
Don't forget, Pep wanted both Sanchez & Mbappe. Maybe the idea wasn't for both to play in the front 3.
I agree, we missed a trick after we won the League under Mancini although we had FFP over heads but we're in a much better place right now, there's no better time to react than when you've got your knee on your rivals throatOh I think Sanchez would primarily be used in one of the front three positions but Pep likes options. I think Sergio will, unfortunately, leave in the summer.
We actually have ended up with quite a big problem when Sane and Sterling don't feature - although Sane is still a tad mercurial - as their combination of skill and pace is not offered by any of the alternatives. Sterling is having a quite ridiculous season and I am sure he has the ability, intelligence and application to improve a fair amount but Sane is the one I have the highest hopes for and if he has the temperament, there's no limits: to be that quick and skillful is a very rare gift.
Sanchez would offer a much better alternative to those boys as well as to Gabby / Sergio and would hopefully push them all to raise their games further. Bernie does offer abilities that will be useful against parked buses that are not allowing space in behind and that make pace less of a factor. We've not seen much of it but I think Bernie can weave his way through a packed defence as well as Sane, Raz or Sanchez.
One thing City have failed to do under the Mansour regime is go into the market and stick the knife into the competition when City were out front; now would be a good time to do it.
Oh jog on and do your own fucking research then. It’s not anyone else’s fault that we all know the rule and you don’t.anything a bit more official than throwaway transfer gossip articles?