Football Transfers

TRANFERS IN FOOTBALL

The Transfer market is a huge part of  football today. Transition windows are the periods of the year where the clubs are allowed to buy new players from other clubs. Clubs can make deals on transfers during other periods of the year.

The system has been used in many leagues before FIFA made it mandatory in 2002. FIFA decided that there would be two Transition windows, one longer between seasons and another one after a half played season. The FA decides for each league when the dates is for the Transition windows. It is different times of the year for different leagues, in Norway it is between 1 January and 15. April and in England it’s between 1.July and 31. August. This can be different for all leagues.

Money Difference

There is a huge difference in football when it comes to money, let us take an example, Real Madrid is the most expensive club in the world. Real Madrid is worth 3,4 billion dollars as a club. They earn 710 million on match day, 1124 million on broadcast, 484 million on brand and 1122 million on commercials.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_football_transfer_record

Let’s take a look at SK Brann. This is a Norwegian football club, they only made 10 million NOK (Norwegian kroner) which is 1,24 million dollar a year. To compare this to Real Madrid this is the same Real Madrid made on broadcast. There can be many different reasons for this huge difference. Real Madrid had won a lot of cups and different competition. That is a huge place to earn money for the football clubs. Real Madrid also plays in a bigger place; they play in Spain which is gigantic compared to Norway, this means more fans and spectators. They also have a much bigger audience that Real Madrid can sell effect to. These reasons are the ones that I think make the biggest difference.

Sponsors

Sponsors in football is a huge thing. There are different types of sponsors. They can sponsor clubs with money, cars, clothes and so much more. Sponsors are one of the biggest income for a club. The sponsors often make a big club play with their jerseys so they have their mark on the football shirt. Chevrolet made a deal with Manchester United FC that if they would play with their jerseys they would receive 70 million dollar and all of the United players would receive a free Chevrolet car

This is not the only way they advertise for their brand, they also put up banners around the football field. Therefore, when the TV producers film the football field they will also film the advertisement and this is a huge plus for the sponsors. Some players even have private sponsors. An example is Cristiano Ronaldo, he plays for Real Madrid and he is the best football player in the world. He has Nike as a private sponsor, this means that he design  his own shoes and clothes, and Nike sells them with

his name on. This tells us how important and luxury sponsors can be.

Biggest Transfers

The biggest transfer of all time is the transfer of Gareth Bale; he went from an English club called Tottenham to Real Madrid for around 100 million dollars! there is a huge difference between the transfers now and earlier. In 1928 they made a transfer of a player called David Jack, he played for a club called Bolton. The English club called Arsenal was the club that wanted to sign him. Arsenal was supposed to pay 14 thousand dollar. But the manager of Arsenal got the Bolton representatives drunk and Arsenal ended up paying 10 thousand dollar. This was the biggest transfer of all time. And now the clubs pay around 30-50 million dollars in a normal transfer! Money has become a much bigger part of football today.

The top 10 transfer fees of all time (1 Pound = 11 NOK)

1. Gareth Bale. Tottenham to Real Madrid = 86 million pounds

2. Cristiano Ronaldo. Manchester United to Real Madrid = 80 million pounds

3. Luis Suarez. Liverpool to Barcelona = 75 million pounds

4. Neymar. Santos to Barcelona = 71,5 million pounds

5. James Rodriguez. Monaco to Real Madrid = 63 million punds

6. Angel di Maria. Real madrid to Manchester United = 59.7 million pounds

7. Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Inter Milan to Barcelona = 59 million pounds

8. Kaka. AC Milan to Real Madrid = 56 million pounds

9. Edinsons Cavani. Napoli to PSG = 55 million pounds

10. Radamel Falcao. Atletico Madrid to Monaco = 51 million pound
source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/picturegalleries/10259401/Top-20-most-expensive-transfer-fees-of-all-time.html?frame=2650536

Step by step transfers

There are about 9 steps to make a transfer. These steps go from Scouting to signing.

1. The scouting

The club that is looking for a new player starts to scout. They scout for the players that can fit their team the best, they scout for players all over the world. They use a program called Scout7. This program contains a huge database of players from all over the world. Scout7 can tell you good and bad things about a player, in game analyses, footage of playtime and much more. This has become a crucial thing for scouting.

2. The bid

Once the player has been identified, the next step is to place a bid on a player. This is pretty much straightforward.

3. Tapping up?

Premier League rules state that ‘’ a player under contract shall not directly or indirectly make any approach to another club without having obtained the prior written consent of the existing club to who he is contracted.’’ This means that all transfer deals should be started from scratch.

4. The negotiation

In the negotiation, they negotiate about the player’s contract and their transfer fee. They basically slide paper to each other saying that they want a bigger amount of money for their player, or that the player wants another salary per month or another contract.

5. The players’ dilemma

The players often have dilemmas about moving to another club. They might not like the points in the contract, maybe they want guaranteed playtime or they don’t like the trainer. Some even have to move to play for their new club, and this might cause problems for the rest of the family.

6. The agents

The agents are a really important part of the game. The agents can be used by clubs to identify player, or to find new clubs for the players that they are trying to sell. The agents often have a huge network of connection making these steps much easier.

7. The media

This is really much a love-hate relationship. They love it because the stories keep them knee-deep in copy, but hate it because sifting through the garbage is an arduous and often disheartening process. The media spreads many rumours about the transfer market. If they get their little smelly nose on something, they publish it right away on the internet or in newspapers. This makes us curious. But you have to be aware, really often these rumours are not real.

8. The medical and the work permit

The final part of the deal is the medical test and, for some players, the work permit. The medical test is a test that the clubs make before they close the deal. In this test they make sure that the player doesn’t have any injures or problems. This is a really important part of the deal, they have to be sure that the player that they are buying is fit to play and doesn’t carry any form of injures.

The work permit is also another important part of the deal. A football player has the same rules as another job, he got to have permission to work in that country that he is going to play in. If not, they have to fix it or, he can’t play for that club.

9. DONE DEAL!

And there you have it.

When all these parts are done, the player is ready to move to his new club. The only part that remains is the moving of the player, and of course the obligatory smiling photo of the player with his new manager, and his new club’s shirt.

Fun Facts about football

-     In 2013, football player Cristiano Ronaldo opened a museum dedicated to himself.

-   More than 1 in 20 football injuries are caused by celebrating goals on the pitch.

-     On average, football players run as far as 9.5 miles in a single match. This is the           same as running to Norheimsund from Øystese 3 times in 90 minutes.

-   FIFA has more member countries than the United Nations

-   149-0 is the highest score ever made in a football game, this is a goal per 36                    seconds.