Transfer Market
Saudi Arabia’s transfer market is slowing as clubs prioritise sustainability and state investment shifts towards infrastructure
The shift is clear: in just one season, spending on new signings has fallen from €786 million to €180 million.
‘Lewandowski rejected €200 million to remain at Barcelona,’ says his agent
He is now at Chicago Fire (where things are not exactly going badly for him either).
Coventry City’s Premier League return will be built around a Moneyball approach (and a Formula One simulator)
A decidedly unconventional approach amid the Premier League’s lavish spending.
England’s teenage transfer market has become a Wild West, with Brexit rules adding another layer of complexity
A dedicated tribunal determines the fees for teenage transfers, but clubs often get around it through “tactical promotions” into the first team.
Atlético Madrid came up with a creative way to announce the signing of Kang-in Lee
The Colchoneros used a huge video screen in Seoul, at a carefully chosen time, to reveal the signing ahead of the official announcement.
Hull City’s president is operating in the transfer market like never before
Acun Ilicali, owner of newly promoted Premier League club Hull City, said he was “disturbed” by the rumours surrounding his side. He then offered a list, partly explicit and partly mysterious, of the deals he is working on.