Spanish clubs get involved in strange transfer deals – La Liga Special
With La Liga set to resume after the players’ strike being called off, clubs have reinforced their squad with new players while letting go of fringe and youthful players. In the current transfer window, transfer deals raised quite a few eyebrows as Real
Madrid, Barcelona, and Real Zaragoza were involved in strange deals.
A squad that is only bettered by that of Barcelona, Real Madrid have let many fringe players leave to ease the pressure on their wage budget. Former Real Sociedad player http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-CF-c40864 on a two-year
loan deal. Los Che will pay one million Euros for each year, and have the option to sign the attacking midfielder for 12 million Euros, while Real Madrid reserve the right to refuse.
The deal is strange as Real Madrid will have their player groom at Mestalla, with Los Che having the right to sign him at the end of two years but will be resigned to leaving him if Los Blancos are unwilling. It would be a win-win situation for Madrid as
they allow a talented young player to leave and develop into a top club and they can bring him back at their own disposal.
Arch-rivals Barcelona have been involved in stranger deals over the summer. In order to prevent another episode of the Cesc Fabregas drama that spanned and spammed three transfer windows, the Catalan club have started using buy-back clauses. First team bench
warmers, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Oriol-c28659 Romeu followed in their footsteps.
The buy-back clauses are not strange, but eccentricity starts to flow as soon as light is thrown on intricate details. Taking Bojan’s transfer as the subject should be enough to understand the core of the matter. The young Spaniard moves to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 in a 12
million Euros deal, however, Barcelona have an obligation to buy him back after two years for 13 million Euros. If his current owners want to retain his services they will have to cough up 28 million Euros to secure his signing.
Moving on from Barcelona, cash strapped Real Zaragoza were involved in transfer troubles of their own. Zaragoza have let go of many first team players citing inability to pay wages as the reason. However, in the middle of the transfer window, they brought
in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/SL-Benfica-c40542 at a mammoth cost of 8 million Euros.
This vast outlay on the Portuguese goalkeeper caught the attention of many. Questions were raised as to how can a club, which is failing to meet wage demands of the players, could spend so much on a single signing. Trading of Benfica’s shares was stopped
in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984, and an official clarification was asked by the Portuguese authorities. It was later revealed that Zaragoza have only paid 86 thousand Euros, while the rest has been paid by a mutual fund.
What makes these deals strange is the manner they were conducted and how one party is only benefitting from the arrangement. Real Madrid and Barcelona will reap the benefits of their respective partner’s efforts as they develop their players. On the other
hand, Zaragoza’s involvement in acquiring any player raises doubts given their precarious financial situation.
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