Manchester United are prepared to delay signing Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic until after 30 June so the 34-year-old can pick up a lucrative loyalty bonus for seeing out his Paris St-Germain contract. (Daily Telegraph)
When did they change the rules to allow transfers to go through officially before 1st July? All he had to do to pick up that bonus was stay in January and turn up for training.
They might not have done. If both clubs are happy, then they can make it happen easily enough (transfer becoming active as of 1 July, for example.
I July is in the middle of a tournament so doing anything then would actually mean 2-3 weeks later in some cases. Instead, they take the chance and have it sorted now.
The transfer still becomes active 1st July and he gets whatever loyalty bonuses he's due though regardless.
My point was more along the lines that it's a fairly blatant case of a journalist talking bollocks to excuse the rags for something.Seems reasonable. PSG are probably less happy, but they can't make him leave beforehand.
My point was more along the lines that it's a fairly blatant case of a journalist talking bollocks to excuse the rags for something.
Oh, right. I think I see.
I don't think it's too much of an issue in the summer when there's no meaningful matches taking place, and in this case, when he's out of contract. City just signed Gundogan in June, didn't they?
I expect it's an agreement to buy on 1 July.