Yeah meniscal op - http://www.espnfc.co.uk/story/29150...says-injury-wont-hinder-summer-transfer-plans
How can he pass a medical then? I have no knowledge of what specifically takes place in a medical but I always imagined it would he would have a certain physical aspect.
It's ok. Les will put the receipt in his top draw, probably in his cuff link box so he knows where it is. We'll just take him back if he's broke.
Heart, lungs and blood tests I would imagine. An expert report will be obtained on his knee, but can't imagine them putting his body under stress when he is nearing full recovery.
Well if he's potentially back mid September, then we could at least be able to look at reports and scans of the knee. If the op was several weeks ago, he's well down the road of recovery and we should be able to take a judgement call on that. It's the risk Sotonsaint would be taking
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/fo...ton-Spurs-Watford-Lille-winger-Sofiane-Boufal Star says the deal is close, so must be true.
Worth a read for us all, too. Written by a guy I know well who is a French football journalist and actually a Lille fan into the bargain. http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features...purs-scouted-midfielder-whos-throwback-hazard Worth remembering this was written in 2015, btw.
Yeah look, very nice but the main point for all that tippy tappy should be to go to ground as soon as that defender sticks his leg out behind him right? Thats what Luke Shaw would have done!
Ok I see, I just always imagined there would be some sort of physical aspect where they work you quite hard and it would be almost impossible with a bad injury hence why players aren't keen to play for their own team if they are looking for a move. I should probably go and read up on medicals as I seemingly have no idea what I'm talking about
Yes they have sprint tests and such, but if you wanted to buy a player who say had a broken ankle, you would just bypass that on trust if you wanted to sign them badly enough? Good article- http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/whats-medical-how-pass-one-and-why-some-players-dont
It's an odd one to buy someone not quite right, and I don't know how they work that through a medical. We need someone from a club to tell us. Interesting article.
So we buy him for £20m, keep him for two years and then just as his knee starts to play up we sell him to Liverpool for £50m. Excellent business.
But this happens with other clubs as well. Andy Carroll springs to mind....he can't have passed a medical in his life. I do understand clubs taking a chance on a quantifiable risk though....a known op on the mend is a different matter from someone with a continuing fitness issue (which you may want to test). Other factors come in as well....is the player a bargain or one you desperately want (for example, a great goal scorer for a team facing relegation). My point being that nothing is set in stone...though I suspect there is some impact on insurance premiums.
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/sa...ash_transfer_record_for___20m_Boufal/?ref=mac The Echo now reporting Boufal and also an update on Fonte. Still not going anywhere.
Maybe we only pay so much with the rest payable when he has played a certain amount of games. That way if his injury reoccurs we won't have paid so much.
I read an article a few years ago about the progress in medicals but I can't find it. The bit that stuck in my mind was that AC Milan had done work with looking how people moved. They stuck reflective blobs on knees, hips, shoulders, etc and looked at the way they interacted. Apparently a test where young players ran up and jumped over a bar set at 45cm off the ground then had their style of jumping analysed showed with 70% accuracy whether they would suffer serious injury in their career. All from memory but it did rather stick as it was so odd. Vin
