Six Steps Of Football Player Transfer Process

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Footballpedia.net - Winter transfers opened from early January to the following month at 11 pm European time. This transfer has always been an exciting time for clubs, players agents, and fans. Although everyone likes to track transfer news, the reality is that much of the transfer process is shrouded in confusion and unbealivable.

Through Gabriele Marcotti from ESPN FC alongside former director of football Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool, Damien Comolli, ESPN FC tries to show how the transfer takes place.

That's Six Steps Of Football Player Transfer Process :

1. Targeting Players

The club did not want to lose their best players in January without enough time to find a replacement, so here the prices of players often soar. But if the club is smart, chances will emerge by itself.

For example leagues that have run their season with their own calendars (such as Major League Soccer, leagues in Scandinavia, etc.), may have players available for purchase: Clint Dempsey moved from MLS to Fulham in 2007, while Nemanja Vidic left Russia (Who was then running his full season from March to November) to join Manchester United in 2006.

The club can also find players who are underappreciated by their current club and try to persuade them. An example is the transfer of Daniel Sturridge from Chelsea to Liverpool in 2013. Sturridge was rarely played at Chelsea, then Liverpool persuaded him.

The biggest January transfer could be spelled out as Fernando Torres, who moved from Liverpool to Chelsea for £ 50m.

2. Clubs Looking for Player Information

By the time you read the players connected to a club, the reality may be that the club has indeed been tracking the player for months, even years before.

Tottenham spent a full season watching the game each week before approaching Dimitar Berbatov. For some big clubs, monitoring player progress is a continuous process and they will continue to update their databases.

The club must have a target list, usually according to position, and will move quickly when the player is "available" (Alexis Sanchez in 2014) or when the club loses one of its pillar players.

3. Club Approaches Players

With enough complete guidance, clubs have a need to know whether transfers can be made (whether realistic enough or not). Clubs are not supposed to talk to players or their agents without permission, so clubs will usually involve trusted agents to act as intermediaries.

This is the person who will know whether players are considering moving and what kind of deal the player wants (contract duration and salary). The prospective buyer club will also approach the prospective seller's club to get a valuation.

This is an important step. The club does not want to be embarrassed by making an offer for players who then reject them. For example, Alexis never refused to join Liverpool in 2014.

Often the prospective sellers' clubs will also hire brokers to silently peek around their players around the club, all on behalf of to maintain wisdom and "sensible" circumstances. Only then is there an official approach. Why?

Clubs can disrupt the players' own calm if the club publicly acknowledges that the club is bidding for players who play the same position at the club. For example, Simon Mignolet would have been disturbed if Liverpool made an overt approach with Petr Cech.

In addition, the publicity of this approach can also make the bigger club get involved. The higher the player profile, the more things can go wrong. So, the prospective buyer club will definitely be extra careful.

4. Club negotiates to players

If the above things have been done well, then the official negotiations can begin. With the answer to the basic question, (how long is the current contract, how much is the target's salary?) There are three negotiations going on at once:

Club of potential buyers and player agents about what the player wants for himself,

Clubs and agents about agency fees, and

Both clubs about the transfer fee.

Very few transfers fail to occur if the above three negotiations have been made, there is usually enough consensus that has occurred during the monitoring and approaches to make the above negotiations simpler.

After this, if the transfer process is restrained, this is generally due to money. Either someone asked for more or the prospective buyer's club suddenly lacked money for the transfer.

5. Medical Tests

Once the details are approved, the player goes through the final section: a comprehensive medical test. It does not take long. Medical tests are a "special mission" to ensure there are no problems.

Some of the media also mostly have concluded players will definitely move if the player has a medical test, or even just by knowing the player is in the hospital or health facility around the prospective buyer's club.

If a player has repeatedly injured, the prospective buyer's club will call the specialist to find out more. This will be worrying for the buyers club, as this is one part of the stage where they have no control. The doctors are responsible.

Demba Ba's move to Stoke City in 2011 collapsed because of "something that could cause problems later on", while Loic Remy has already agreed terms with Liverpool in 2014 just to get the Reds to withdraw the transfer after a long medical outcome gave them Reason to end the deal.

6. Players Have Officially Joined the New Club

Transfers involving big clubs with large scouting networks usually take at least one full season. However, this scouting process can sometimes take two or three years to actually make a deal.

The rough ratio is from 100 players who are scouted, 10 of them will actually get an offer, and one or two will end with a signing.

Small clubs may be forced to operate the above with little different, especially if they lose players to bigger clubs.

Agents will play a more integral role in offering players; Scouting and managers will have little time to make decisions. However, there are instances when a deal can be done within hours, especially if the club is on a deadline and is willing to take more risks on the player in question.

Although there are many variables at the beginning of the process, once they reach the negotiating table, maybe only one out of every 10 offers will actually be unveiled. And yes, the Premier League team still uses the fax machine to communicate about the transfer of players with the league, although PDFs that are scanned and sent via email are also acceptable.