Read this on Sky Sports:
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/11937078/barcelona-want-exNow all though it doesn't affect anything should they sign a free agent, nor allowed to play in any other competitions. Imagine allowing this in England? A massive club has some injuries and therefore, rather than promote from the one of the most prestigious academies in the world, applying for a ruling specifically allowing a poach from a struggling side in the same league!!
Keeper emergency loans are one thing, but i would be spitting feathers if WBA were allowed to come and pull our pants down for Lyle.
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All the clubs agreed to it years ago and its always been there.
Did they know 2 weeks ago when they window was open that Dembele was going to need surgery and be out for 6 months-No
They have used a rule which means Dembele is being unregistered and they can now sign a replacement from La Liga or the 2nd division.
As I said all the spanish clubs agreed to this rule so its not like its Barcelona being given special permission because they are Barcelona.
La Liga has a rule that if a player is out for 5 months or more, they can be replaced outside of the window by another la Liga player or any free agent. Believe the injured party cannot play before the 5 months is up, so no sudden miracle recovery
This is a rule for all La Liga clubs
IT IS A RULE FOR EVERY SPANISH CLUB FFS
Barca seem to be targeting Braithwaite from Leganes. He has a 20m buyout in his contract and he’s their top scorer.
imagine you’re in a relegation fight and you lose your top scorer and aren’t allowed to even try and replace him.
Leganes could be relegated directly due to this rule.
Every league has it's own rules, it's not UEFA's to control. Some European windows are still open, the whole 'European transfer window' is a myth. They all open at different times, close at different times and have different rules out of the window.
Unless there is one rule for all people will decide x rule is unfair.
Imagine now, Son being out and Spurs coming in £20M or £30M for Ollie Watkins and Brentford missing out on promotion because of it.
Not sure why Barcelona can’t just promote their own Josh Davison. Imagine if we could’ve used our injury crisis to buy Cauley Woodrow...
All players in La Liga have a buyout clause. As long as that price is matched the selling club have no choice.
Thats why you see players linked to the Premier League and the papers mention “so and so has a buyout clause of 140m” even if the fee is wildly over what the player is worth.
it doesn’t mean they have to pay that, but if they did the seller cannot refuse it.
I suppose when the smaller clubs voted for these rules, they felt it would benefit them because given their relatively weaker squads a handful of injuries could be detrimental to their success, and La Liga status, but it seems there is a certain naivety of their part to not realise bigger clubs may poach their best players outside of the window without them being able to bring in a replacement. I suppose they believe the top teams, with upwards of 25 exceptional footballers, would never need to worry about squad depth issues.
If it goes through it'll be interesting to follow Braithwaite. There's a fear he could go there and play for 4 months, and then never feature in a Barca shirt again. Alternatively he could see this is as a huge opportunity that he would've otherwise never had. I suppose if Barca come knocking, you take the risk.
One of the most famous academies in the world and their B team play mens football (currently 4th in the Spanish 3rd tier), but they don't have a kid who can step up? Ansu Fati came out of the academy earlier this season and there must be someone else.
Instead they want to spend 20m on Braithwaite who will no doubt be unwanted once Suarez and Dembele return.