It's Quiet - a new dawn

[pavelsrnicek]

Roughly £50m based on their wages.

Still a net spend of around £280m. Wow

 

[Otamendi's Beard]

So it sounds like we're preparing for an impending transfer ban and want to get in as many players as possible.

It would certainly make sense to get all of our business finished early so we can sit back and relax. With the right mix of signings this summer, a transfer ban for 1-2 years would barely touch us.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Sauntering off to the marina, will leave the big-game fishing to you guys for rest of the day ;)

You mean throwing chum in to the water before going for a nice little motor about the bay, whilst all the while living all of us down in the cage. ;-)

 

[adr2.8i]

have i missed something? an impending transfer ban?? why?

 

[TonyM]

I'd have thought if we were expecting a ban we'd not sell any younger players but loan with a fee instead.

 

[kippaxwarrior]

Sauntering off to the marina, will leave the big-game fishing to you guys for rest of the day ;)

 

[Blue Coop]

Still a net spend of around £280m. Wow

Sanchez and Mbappe in would see Sergio leave, so you can knock another £60m off too.

 

[domalino]

have i missed something? an impending transfer ban?? why?

There's a chance we get banned because of the transfer of Benjamin Garré, he's an Argentinian kid we signed at 16. You're not allowed to sign non-EU players until 18, but he had an italian passport, so after consulting FIFA we signed him.

Now his old club are taking us and FIFA to the court of arbitration for sport claiming it's illegal and unethical.

If we lose, there's a chance we get banned from transfers for 12 months like Real, Barcelona and Atletico.

 

[Akiva]

So it sounds like we're preparing for an impending transfer ban and want to get in as many players as possible.

It would certainly make sense to get all of our business finished early so we can sit back and relax. With the right mix of signings this summer, a transfer ban for 1-2 years would barely touch us.

Was thinking the same, though I read it as a "just incase". It's unlikely the CAS will rule against us, and thus FIFA, and it may not even result in a ban if they do. Further, the hearing is in July and City will appeal in case of a loss, extending the time potentially past our current window.

But, like with our targets this summer, nothing is being left to chance. Getting the players we need for the long term, regardless of cost, and getting them fast insurea that any such punishment, no matter how unlikely, is no more than a slap on the wrist.

 

[Blue Coop]

There's a chance we get banned because of the transfer of Benjamin Garré, he's an Argentinian kid we signed at 16. You're not allowed to sign non-EU players until 18, but he had an italian passport, so after consulting FIFA we signed him.

Now his old club are taking us and FIFA to the court of arbitration for sport claiming it's illegal and unethical.

If we lose, there's a chance we get banned from transfers for 12 months like Real, Barcelona and Atletico.

"Consulting FIFA" sounds like a safety guard to me, not quite sure how we implicate ourselves there. Also Italian passport suggest dual nationality which seems fine.