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Key Players in Football Transfers

Wednesday, 07. 8. 2009 – Category: Guide to Football Transfer Rumours

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There are a few major players who have a real and direct influence over transfers, they are:

Player: Assuming they’re under contract, a player needs to want to leave in order for a football transfer to go through. Generally players will leave if the manager tells them they’re not wanted, but every now and again, a player can refuse to accept a transfer. If the player agrees to the move, they need to accept the contract offered to them by the buying club, as you would under normal circumstances with a new job. The player will also need to pass a medical with the buying team in order to complete the deal.
Player’s Agent: The player’s agent is there ostensibly to represent the players interests to the buying club, so they can focus on playing football. Agents earn a proportion of the Players income (paid by the player). It’s the agents prerogative to get the best deal for their player, however the water gets a little murky because agents receive a proportion of the amount paid to the buying club, generally it’s 10%, but some extremely unscrupulous operators will take all they can get. This leads to agents engineering moves to get paid. A common tactic is to release rumours to the press about a players desire to move, or a clubs willingness to buy a player.
Selling Club Chairman: The Selling Club’s chairman is responsible for negotiating the terms of the sale; the price, the payment structure. Very occasionally player swaps occur, where two clubs exchange players, or players and cash. These are extremely few and far between, largely because of the difficulty of two clubs agreeing the value of 2 players and 2 players agreeing terms and destination clubs. If you read a transfer rumour that involves a swap, particularly a swap that involves more than 2 players, take it with a cellar full of salt.
Selling Club Manager: Selling club manager should need to sanction the sale of players. This is not always the case. This makes managers quit.
Buying Club Chairman: The buying club chairman is responsible for negotiating the terms of the transfer with the selling club, as well as the contract with the player. Legally the buying club can’t start negotiation with the players until the selling club gives permission, however this law is not always followed.
Buying Club Manager: In the UK system, the manager should approve the purchase of the player, both from the perspective of how the player will fit into their team, but also from how much of their transfer & wage budget the player is likely to consume. This doesn’t always go according to plan.
Buying Club Director of Football: The role of a director of football should be to work with managers to identify the needs of the squad, and then work with the scouting team to identify the players to buy to fill those gaps. This too, doesn’t always go according to plan.
Buying Club Scout: The buying club scout is responsible for, well scouting. They watch players at games and look for players with a little bit extra, most clubs look for players that are undervalued, so scouts will spend a lot of time looking at lower leagues and more obscure leagues to look for bargains.
The Press: The press’s role in the process is to stir the pot, but in spite of the views of some members of the press corp, they generally don’t have a direct hand in causing transfers. Often their information will come from scouts, agents, occasionally it will come from members of staff, very occasionally it will come directly from a player or manager. Other times they make it all up so they don’t get fired.