Only a handful of Premier League clubs will be active in the next transfer window.
This is the view of former Liverpool and Tottenham director of Football Damien Comolli who feels the global outbreak of Covid-19 will change the market for the foreseeable future.
The Mirror via Sky Sports reported the Frenchman as saying:
“An agent was telling me the other day, that there are actually only three clubs in the Premier League will be able to spend money next summer in the transfer window,"
“I don't know if this is correct but usually when agents tell you things like this, they usually get intel.
“We might see very little transfer activity, we might see swaps, we might see loans and I think we are going to see a massive decrease in transfer fees and transfer activity, at least transfers involving money.
“The longer this crisis goes on, more clubs are going to be in a financially difficult situation.
“The first thing that will be impacted will be player remuneration, the second thing will be transfer fees”
Liverpool have notably reduced their spending in the past two transfer windows with Takumi Minamino being the greatest outlay in that period costing just over £7 million, so it is quite possible that they are one club who can afford to spend.
Meanwhile a former member of the European Parliament believes the transfer fees for players will be greatly reduced in this new world that we will experience once the health crisis subsides.
Daniel Cohn-Bendit is a member of the French political party Europe Ecology - The Greens, and he believes that it will be a real opportunity to take stock of the footballing landscapes.
“This crisis will clean up the irrationality of professional sport. It’s like there was a nuclear attack and it had to be rebuilt, but on other grounds.”
“Tomorrow, Mbappe will cost at most €35-40m and no longer €200m. And who can buy him?
“There will be de facto regulation. Going even further on a salary cap could be necessary. It is a reorganisation that goes not only through the players' salaries, but also through the right to images and publicity.
“A little more sobriety is enough for me.
“A little more sobriety and a little more equality would be a good start.
“Footballers will not play worse if they are paid less.”
Recommended Comments
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.