Transfer Rumours Summer Transfer Thread 21/22

Morecambe & Barrow - how the EFL has changed recently. With all that economic growth expected with the offshore wind-farm development recently, can we expect Hornsea Town to be in League 2 any time soon? Maybe Brid. should get into the game!

 

truly obscene

 

The people who could fix it are the ones earning the squillions, won't happen as things stand.

 

Just noticed Regan Slater didn't even make it onto the bench for Sheff Utd last night, even in the Carabao Cup. Either he's injured or he's VERY low down Jokanovic's list of priorities. Would still really like him here, ahead of Tom tbh.

 

Barça fans booed Umtiti because he refused to take a wage cut so that Messi could stay. Delusional behaviour from the fans.

 

Paris St-Germain will look to sell up to 10 first-team players to help balance the books following their signing of Argentina captain Lionel Messi, 34. Senegal midfielder Idrissa Gueye, 31, Spain midfielder Ander Herrera, 31, and 28-year-old Argentina striker Mauro Icardi are among those who could be moved on. (Sport - in Spanish)

 

Not in this 'greed economy' we live in that sadly football has become a big part of. As history shows, any attempt to fix will come from the folk who have nowt and nothing to lose.
With footy it would be nice to see the PFA take a lead. Why don't they encourage footballers (top earners I'm talking about) to take their high salaries but give much of it away. Most players in the Premier League could probably give away 50% of their income and still live comfortably and far better than most of the fans paying for it all. The old argument of players having a short career and therefore needing to be well paid no longer holds water (except perhaps for those in the lower leagues).
I applaud the charitable work many players do but I think they could do so much more. Rashford is a good example with his recent campaign and remembering where he came from but how much of his own dosh has he given away? Maybe lots but has it really hurt his pocket? I wonder for how many fans buying a matchday ticket or a replica kit for their kids actually hurts and means they may have to go without for the next week or month till payday. Remember the reports suggesting Premier League clubs could give free tickets for a full season and still make a profit? That all seems to have gone quiet.
Players and clubs could do much more in remembering that without fans they would have nothing. I'm sure this has been said before but how much would it financially hurt a club like City to to give free entrance to pensioners, people on benefits and kids under 10 - they'd all spend money on matchday incidentals, and it would get more fans in and increase the goodwill factor. It only needs one or two clubs or players to take the initiative.
I sadly don't get to many games, partly due to where I've lived for much of my life, but now can't afford it. The last game I went to was City away at Birmingham City (I now live in Birmingham), was it 18/19? We lost in the swirling snow. I took my 13 yr son to his first proper game. Tickets cost a fiver each. I spent maybe £15 quid in total and we walked to the game and back after.
For sure clubs could do more.

 

Offering free entrance to OAP's, people on benefits and kids under 10 is all very good in principle and may have worked when we all stood on open terracing and the stewards were all volunteers. I'm afraid in todays blame someone and claim society it is not possible. Even playing a game in an empty stadium costs money, put fans in and the costs rise considerably. The H@S brigade have seen to that. Each stand has to have a set number of stewards per seats sold and even stewards to steward the empty seats and gangways/concourses. Then an army of people watching the people watching us and so on.

 

I can't disagree as I know little about how clubs run and the costs involved but some of costs would be offset by stuff those getting free tickets would buy anyway, but even if not free many ticket prices could be significantly reduced as noted in my experience at Birmingham City. Surely football clubs understand the idea of 'loss leaders'?

 

How would giving free tickets to those on benefits be a loss leader? They have no money to buy from the club shop etc. It's also completely unfair to give free tickets to those on benefits when there's people in full time work who can't afford to go either

 

Some good points in your post but giving away free tickets would be totally unfair on membership buyers.

 

Motherwell are giving free season tickets to unemployed people and low-income workers. I'm quite bored of this strange attitude amongst some in this country that pit piss-poor people on benefits against working people who are also skint. Arguing over crumbs whilst some other **** eats the whole cake.

 

Un-employment capital of North Lanarkshire...hope they've got enough room capacity for them all!!

 

I couldn’t give a **** what people earn.
Life is about your relationships.
If you feel unhappy and jealous make changes.
I’ve known hedge funders in London who are ****ing miserable
Happiness is fleeting just find what makes you calm and stop buying useless ****.

 

They're actually giving free season tickets to the unemployed and low income but there is a huge 'catch'.They are asking existing season ticket holders for donations and will match donations on a like for like basis.Whatever that then amounts to in cash terms will be transferred into season tickets.

Good luck in picking the 3 lucky recipient's...

 

Why doesn't Lewis Hamilton give half his money away? In fact he could afford to more as he lives in a tax haven whilst footballers are paying 45% here.
Or the many pop stars who earn far more. Why does it have always to be footballers? Footballers don't feature heavily in the world's top sports earners and ones in this country don't figure at all.

 

Nearly. Like could, would, should, but never did. Did he?

 

Very reasonable on multiple purchases though.