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Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747
https://www.thisisanfield.com/2016/12/lucas-leiva-underwent-inter-milan-thursday-ahead-january-loan-report/

Lucas may be going to Inter Milan, but I feel like I've seen a version of this story every year since 2012.

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Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747

pik_d posted:

Why the heck are City and Juve going at it to spend £26 million on Steven N'Zonzi?

He's good.

Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747

pik_d posted:

How good?

Europa League winning good!

Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747
Reading look set to sign Tiago Ilori from Liverpool. Hopefully he finally gets some playing time.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/liverpool-agree-375m-deal-defender-12409825

Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747
https://twitter.com/BBCSport/status/817038262229434368

Have there been any rumors of clubs bidding for Fonte? The BBC says he has put in a transfer request.

Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747

Bape Culture posted:

Where's the info about Chinese clubs paying a fella for only a bit? Like where'd it come from?

Drogba and Anelka ran into issues in Shanghai:

http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/10/16/could-soccer-stars-anelka-drogba-leave-china-empty-handed/

Others have had problems too:

https://wildeastfootball.net/2014/02/qingdao-melkam-involved-in-match-fixingunpaid-wages-row/

http://uk.reuters.com/article/soccer-china-fifa-benko-idUKL4N0QP1G420140819

Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747

Jose posted:

the chinese government is cracking down on clubs spending loads of money already lol

Link?

Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747

Jose posted:

Berbatov has said he wants to sign for Newcastle. idk if he's any good now but its a free transfer so why not

Benitez will finally get Berbatov. :)

Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747

MrBling posted:

Are there any recent stories about players not getting paid in China?


I know Drogba said that he hadn't been paid and used it at his reason for tearing up the contract and moving to Galatasaray, but that was some years ago now and just the one club.

I mean, Dario Conca has been there for ages now as one of the highest paid players in the world so the money is obviously there.

It depends on what you mean by recent. (To the rest of you, I apologize for repeating an earlier post that I put in the thread.)

Drogba and Anelka ran into issues in Shanghai:

http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/10/16/could-soccer-stars-anelka-drogba-leave-china-empty-handed/

Others have had problems too:

https://wildeastfootball.net/2014/02/qingdao-melkam-involved-in-match-fixingunpaid-wages-row/

http://uk.reuters.com/article/soccer-china-fifa-benko-idUKL4N0QP1G420140819

Australian players have run into issues as well and the disputes can take years to resolve:

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...74a52552c2d04e6

quote:

Though the vast majority has now been paid, some clubs still have to comply after cases pursued by Professional Footballers Australia (PFA) that can take up to two years to go through FIFA’s arbitration system.

More than 40 per cent of the money relates to West Asia, involving clubs in Qatar, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, while a number of recent cases have reflected the growing numbers of Australians going to play in China.

There's also a good Bloomberg story from December 2016 here about why these Chinese mega-transfers don't seem like a sustainable use of funds and why everyone's so suspicious about where the money is coming from:

https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2016-12-20/chinese-soccer-party-deserves-an-oscar

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Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747

African AIDS cum posted:

loving these advanced stats USA crushing these frauds at BPW

Wait until all the refugees can start coming in again!!!

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