The Transfers/Transfer Rumours Thread

Liverpool statement:

'Liverpool FC confirms that Luis Suárez will be leaving the club after a transfer agreement was reached with FC Barcelona. The player now has permission to complete the usual formalities, which will then conclude the transfer.

“We would like to thank Luis for his contribution and the role he played in helping bring Champions League football back to Anfield. Everyone at Liverpool Football Club wishes Luis and his family well for the future.'

Barcelona statement:

'FC Barcelona and Liverpool FC have reached an agreement for the transfer of Luis Suárez. The Uruguayan will be travelling to Barcelona next week for a medical, to sign his five-year contract and to be officially presented to the media and fans as an FC Barcelona player.'

 

Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins upset Liverpool are talking to Wilfried Bony 'behind my club's back. He has a £19m buyout fee.



Ajax will pocket 6.5% of Luis Suarez's transfer fee and not 5% as reported. Here's a link to the article (in Dutch) http://www.ajaxshowtime.com/mobile/hoofdnieuws/80083 …


Roma bid again for Yarmolenko, they will resume the talks for Shaqiri tomorrow

Barcelona will restart talks with PSG on Marquinhos after the World Cup. The French club continues to ask 40M for the centre back. [as]

Liverpool striker Fabio Borini is the subject of an £8m bid from Sunderland as they attempt to sign him on a permanent deal

L'Equipe: PSG have made a formal offer for Serge Aurier

Newly promoted Premier League side Leicester City have made a record £7.5m bid for Brighton striker Leonardo Ulloa

AS: Atletico Madrid will sign Benfica goalkeeper Jan Oblak for a million less than his €16m release clause to avoid extra tax.

Villarreal have signed Jonathan dos Santos for €1.5m to go with Giovani dos Santos.


L'Equipe: Lyon have joined Roma and Liverpool in the race to sign Seattle Sounders defender DeAndre Yedlin. Costs €2.5m.

Jan Vertonghen's agent says a number of teams have expressed an interest in signing the Tottenham defender.

9 Premier League clubs plus Italian/Spanish clubs want to sign City mid Jack Rodwell on a loan/permanent deal.


According to @elconfidencial PSG's Thiago Silva has asked that the club sign #BRA teammate Marcelo from Real Madrid.

Silva also requested PSG sign Barcelona's Dani Alves earlier this summer. Move has now failed. Silva also key in David Luiz joining PSG

Fiorentina owner Andrea Valle says it's not impossible to keep Juan Cuadrado at the club and reveals Barcelona aren't only club interested

Stoke Sentinel Exclusive: Stoke City want Barcelona striker Bojan and are hoping to tie up a loan in the next few days.

 

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When a player decides who the club signs...

 

Inter signed Yann M'Vila

 

Suarez probably can't be unveiled at the Nou Camp Barcelona usually require a few keepy uppy's and he is serving a complete football ban

 

Bruno Alves may be set for a return to Porto from Fenerbache if Mangala leaves the Portuguese side.

Altético full-back Sílvio will make his loan to Benfica permanent, acc to A Bola.

Setúbal winger Ricardo Horta is in Málaga to complete his medical and transfer, acc to A Bola.

Sébastien Pocognoli (left back, Hannover) is undergoing his medicals at West Brom, according to Sudpresse.

Jean Beausejour has returned home to Chile and has signed for Colo Colo.

Official: Genoa have signed Alessandro Matri from AC Milan on a season-long loan.


GdS: Inter hope to sign Udinese midfielder Roberto Pereyra on two-year loan deal with option to buy. Will sell Ricky Alvarez to raise funds

Muhamed Besic joins Everton on a 4 year deal. Undisclosed fee.Rejected Swansea for Everton.

Galliani has said that Robinho could be on his way to join Kaka at Orlando. “Club is interested & player wants to leave. We’re negotiating

Montpellier CEO Nicollin CONFIRMS a deal with Newcastle over Remy Cabella. £12m fee and will complete move in next days.

 

he cant lol they were talking about it on talksport, hes not allowed in the stadium

 

How the * do Porto keep on selling players no better than decent for massive fee 32m off City for Eliaquim Mangala . City made a massive * up if they have picked him over Mehdi Benatia.


Feyenoord coach Fred Rutten confirmed after a friendly tonight that Graziano Pelle was missing due to being close to a move to Southampton.

Confirmed: Barça winger Cristian Tello will join Porto the next season. Confirmed by the player's father Joaquín Tello .Joaquín Tello: "Cristian will join Porto on Monday or Tuesday. He's looking forward to show what he's worth at Porto.

oma have confirmed they have signed Urby Emanuelson on a one-year contract from AC Milan.

Crystal Palace clinch transfer of Steven Caulker with club-record £8m bid for Cardiff captain

 

Man U closing in on Vidal apparently...

http://metro.co.uk/2014/07/12/manch...-vidal-after-positive-transfer-talks-4795473/

 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footb...chester-united-transfer-rumours-danny-3845899 Welbeck could be off to Real Madrid

 

Lazar Markovic will sign for Liverpool. 25M€, apparently. A third party owns 50% of his rights so they forced Benfica to sell. Ramires type of deal.

Wish him all the best, Liverpool bought a tremendous player. And he doesn't bite.

 

Why do Portuguese clubs deal so much in third party ownership?

Are all the best S. American players owned by third party ownership?

 

Its a good deal really, they are like the middle men Porto and Benfica. They get to use players they maybe couldnt afford to buy otherwise and can make money out of it. If they had to buy 100% ownership then they'd probably miss out on a lot of players as they couldnt afford them outright

We aren't allowed to do it in the UK, mind West Ham got fined £millions because they signed Tevez and Mascherano yet didnt own the players who were owned by a 3rd Party.

 

Someone (usually a loaded agent) notices the player and invests in him at an early age. They then sell a % to Benfica or Porto looking for a future profit. Markovic and Hulk being clear examples. Like ILoveTheCeltic said, Benfica and Porto would never pay around 15M€ for them at an unkown stage. So they share the risk. Sometimes they do well and both parts benefit, sometimes they don't and the funds lose money as well. In some other cases, portuguese clubs buy 100% of the player and then sell 10-30% in order to make some quick money. They share the risk but ofc the club loses money if they get sold in the future. As I said though, sometimes the funds lose money as not all of them turn out to be great players. There are risks involved.

Regarding the South Americans in particular, some of them are bought with the help of third parties, yes. Others not really. Di Maria, David Luiz, Nico Gaitan or Enzo Perez are examples of talented south americans bought without the help of third parties. Benfica sold part of their economic rights to a fund, however. Small percentages, 10-20%. Depends on the player hype, usually. Ramires was playing for the brazilian NT when he signed. We needed a good midfielder and we probably couldn't buy him without sharing the economic rights.

Jorge Mendes is the biggest shark of them all. He makes tons of money between Benfica-Porto-Zenit-Atlético-Monaco. Plus some other deals on the side, as we never really know if there are more agents/investors involved in deal. It's confusing and there are no clarifications. Usually the funds have strange names too. Benfica Stars Fund is the only transparent fund that I know. Jorge Mendes also puts some of his players in Rio Ave and is investing heavily in Braga this season (20M€). Check Diego Costa club history; Jorge Mendes bought him at an early age and he started playing for Braga. Mendes now has a new toy: Peter Lim, Valência. Nuno (former Rio Ave manager) is their new manager, bought Rodrigo and André Gomes from Benfica, etc. He's the puppet master.

Sorry for the text wall, many more things could be said. This is the short version:smiley-laughing002:

 

Certainly not, it is extremely interesting. I never knew Jorge Mendes had so much power, he surely has to be verging on hundreds of millions in wealth.

Whats he worth? And, how did he come to be friends with the Valencia owner?

Oh, and do you think anything illegal goes on with regards to these 'funds' and dealing with agents and third party owners?

 

Can't tell you much about Mendes as he never reports his moves (for example, officially we're supposed to believe that Braga invested 20M€) but I would say he has much more money than Cristiano He's in the business for almost 20 years. Had some disagreements with José Veiga (Figo agent when he moved to Madrid) but since Veiga retired he's pratically unmatched. So he's the biggest player for about 10 years now.

This Nuno is the new Valência manager I was telling you about. In 1996 he was the first Jorge Mendes deal. 18 years later, hundreds of transfers, many millions involved... yea, he's making a fortune. Regarding his relationship with Peter Lim, can't tell you much. We probably wouldn't even know about him had he not bought the club. There are dozens of investors who remain anonymous between shady funds. Jorge Mendes and Peter Kenyon are some of the few who were linked to funds by the media but many more exist.


I do believe there's illegal stuff going on. For starters, apart from Benfica Stars Fund, we know little to nothing regarding the people involved. Seems perfect for money laundering if you ask me. But I'm just projecting... it's hard to believe there's only rainbows behind so much mistery.

 

On top of money laundering I think there is a lot of player exploitation taking place which could be illegal. As most Brazilian footballers are very young and have very limited levels of education, it is very easy for these groups to draw up horrible contractual clauses. The almost complete lack of transparency and confidentiality agreements makes it difficult to ensure these things don't happen.

 

Graziano Pelle signs for Southampton from Feyenoord for 8 million.

Cracking player, 55 goals in 66 games.

 

He isn't that good, I bet he wont score 10 goals next season.

 

liverpool after reus 45 million