It's Quiet - a new dawn

[domalino]

That's what I'm thinking. Possible the club know they've done something wrong and fear / expect a transfer ban

As others have said in the past, if we get a transfer ban it will be pushed back to at least January.

They've set a precedent with Atletico, Real and Barca where they can't punish you while the appeal is ongoing, so if they gave us a ban today, we'd be able to kill 6 months just with an appeal.

If that were to happen though...I imagine the spending this summer would only go up as we stocked up in preparation of having no one next summer.

 

[SPIDERBOY]

ATM's ban is still in place. So i guess that means Lucas will be joining us in 2018.

Ban is for inbound only.

 

[domalino]

Ban is for inbound only.

Part of the Cadena COPE story was that we'd only get him if the ban was lifted, and that he'd come next year if it's not.

His release clause is only €5m more so we could force the issue, but if we accept that the article is right about us being interested, we should also accept they're right about the rest of the story about him coming next summer.

 

[blueparrot]

Ban is for inbound only.

Think the thought is they won't sell if they can't replace him.

 

[Hungarian blue]

Think the thought is they won't sell if they can't replace him.

He has a 100m release clause which United will happily trigger though.

 

[SPIDERBOY]

Think the thought is they won't sell if they can't replace him.

I agree mate,but if the clause is met and the player wants the move....they are fucked.

 

[aguero93:20]

I agree mate,but if the clause is met and the player wants the move....they are fucked.

They could always try and pull a Liverpool.

 

[domalino]

They could always try and pull a Liverpool.

Release clauses in Spain have a legal standing - it's required by law that every player has one and I think there's a lot of legislation around it, it gets logged with the authorities over there.

That's not the case in England, where they're rare, optional and exist solely between the player and club which is why FSG felt they could basically tear it up.

 

[johnmc]

Isn't there VAT on top of those Spanish buy out clauses?

 

[chaddblue]

As others have said in the past, if we get a transfer ban it will be pushed back to at least January.

They've set a precedent with Atletico, Real and Barca where they can't punish you while the appeal is ongoing, so if they gave us a ban today, we'd be able to kill 6 months just with an appeal.

If that were to happen though...I imagine the spending this summer would only go up as we stocked up in preparation of having no one next summer.

The hearing isn't until 3rd July, so even if it went badly, we've still got a month of trading time ... and as you say we'd appeal anyway. But haven't FIFA already said we've done nothing wrong. Surely only FIFA can impose a ban and they'd look a bit silly if they did after previously clearing us if any wrong doing