Transfer Rumours Summer '23 Transfer Thread

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If all of them including all staff then there is a huge difference between us a Coventry.

It's complete bollocks, in their last accounts for 21/22, their wage bill was £15.6m and in that random table, their wage bill adds up to £6.6m a year.

Whoever did it, is just guessing and they've made a complete mess at doing so.
 
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“ Hull City will make an offer for İrfan Can Kahveci and Emre Mor. “

Signing Fener's deadwood doesn't help the rumours that Acun's using City to launder money to his favourite Turkish club. If it was Miguel Crespo or Miha Zajc (on a free) then fair enough.
 
How would that even work?

Not sure. Maybe purchasing players for inflated fees?

If we are to recruit from abroad because it's better value for money then I think we should look to markets other than the Turkish league. There are some good players in Turkey but the fitness standards and intensity is way below the other major European leagues. Belgium, Dutch and Portuguese leagues would be good places to sign players within our budget. Latin America also is a good place to look at if we can sort out work permits as the physicality and fitness standards are a lot closer to English football than some European leagues, believe it or not. Lots of good players from Latin America in the Premier League in recent years who've adapted well. Caicedo, Buonanotte and Enciso at Brighton and Alcaraz at Southampton all came straight from Latin American leagues.
 
Not sure. Maybe purchasing players for inflated fees?

If we are to recruit from abroad because it's better value for money then I think we should look to markets other than the Turkish league. There are some good players in Turkey but the fitness standards and intensity is way below the other major European leagues. Belgium, Dutch and Portuguese leagues would be good places to sign players within our budget. Latin America also is a good place to look at if we can sort out work permits as the physicality and fitness standards are a lot closer to English football than some European leagues, believe it or not. Lots of good players from Latin America in the Premier League in recent years who've adapted well. Caicedo, Buonanotte and Enciso at Brighton and Alcaraz at Southampton all came straight from Latin American leagues.

Pretty much agree with your other comments, but I just don't get how this 'money laundering' thing would work; to my mind, it makes no logical sense.(I know you aren't saying it but just commenting on rumours)
 
Pretty much agree with your other comments, but I just don't get how this 'money laundering' thing would work; to my mind, it makes no logical sense.(I know you aren't saying it but just commenting on rumours)

Turkish owner is pals with Acun, gives him money through back channels, Acun then gives it back to him through a legitimate channel, the purchase of players.

Not suggesting that's happening, but that's how money laundering works.
 
Turkish owner is pals with Acun, gives him money through back channels, Acun then gives it back to him through a legitimate channel, the purchase of players.
Not suggesting that's happening, but that's how money laundering works.
Yep, I get that, but as said, no logical sense! I would be absolutely gobsmacked if anything like that was going on.
That doesn't mean to say that there isn't an even more wealthy backer in the background (the biscuit guy for example), like Wilkinson was to Pearson. But that's a different matter.
 
Yep, I get that, but as said, no logical sense! I would be absolutely gobsmacked if anything like that was going on.
That doesn't mean to say that there isn't an even more wealthy backer in the background (the biscuit guy for example), like Wilkinson was to Pearson. But that's a different matter.

It would make sense if the owners of the Turkish clubs we're paying inflated fees to want to legitimise funds. It also would help them circumvent FFP if they were giving the money to Acun to then spend on their players to book profits. It's essentially what the Pozzo's are doing with Udinesie and Watford with players going for ridiculous fees between the clubs. That's not technically money laundering but isn't far off the same concept.
 
Signing Fener's deadwood doesn't help the rumours that Acun's using City to launder money to his favourite Turkish club. If it was Miguel Crespo or Miha Zajc (on a free) then fair enough.
Irfan Can wouldn’t be bad to be fair, Emre Mor is the epitome of bad attitude though
 
Pretty much agree with your other comments, but I just don't get how this 'money laundering' thing would work; to my mind, it makes no logical sense.(I know you aren't saying it but just commenting on rumours)
It was the first thing an agent friend of mine said to me and there was a member of staff there in the early days but no longer around who was quick to mention it too when asked about it.

I've no idea if it is true but there are definately people in the game saying it.
 
It was the first thing an agent friend of mine said to me and there was a member of staff there in the early days but no longer around who was quick to mention it too when asked about it.

I've no idea if it is true but there are definately people in the game saying it.
From the outside looking in it looks slightly dodgy. But to be fair it’s not like it’s a small time Turkish side, both Allahyar and Ozan have contributed to the point where no one is mentioning where they were signed from.
 
From the outside looking in it looks slightly dodgy. But to be fair it’s not like it’s a small time Turkish side, both Allahyar and Ozan have contributed to the point where no one is mentioning where they were signed from.

Sinik's the weird one for me. He really wasn't as highly rated as some pretended he was because he had some Turkish caps.
 
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It would make sense if the owners of the Turkish clubs we're paying inflated fees to want to legitimise funds. It also would help them circumvent FFP if they were giving the money to Acun to then spend on their players to book profits. It's essentially what the Pozzo's are doing with Udinesie and Watford with players going for ridiculous fees between the clubs. That's not technically money laundering but isn't far off the same concept.
As you sort of say, not money laundering.
Maybe there's some win-win going on in the sort of thing you are touching on, but it's not money laundering (which was my point / question).
 
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