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[Albion] Diego Gomez
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Nobby Cybergoat
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- Jul 19, 2021
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I'm a fan of Barco myself!
Nobby Cybergoat
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- Jul 19, 2021
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I just think this is perfect
Let's keep the lad playing football with some past it, but of course very good players. When injuries are starting to bite for us after xmas, we have a new signing who can slot right in
Let's keep the lad playing football with some past it, but of course very good players. When injuries are starting to bite for us after xmas, we have a new signing who can slot right in
Tom Bombadil
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Some people can find a cloud in every silver lining
Gabbiano
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Not a patch on Cristian Baz, that's for sure.
nwgull
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Is there such a thing as insurance against players getting injured?
Insurance is generally for something that’s unlikely to happen, but if it did then you’d not be able to pay for it yourself. Given how common long-term or even career ending injuries are, I’d have thought that the clubs would have to cover that risk themselves.
SeagullinExile
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Nah. No opinion change here I’m afraid! Good effort though! I’m not sure how long Messi’s legs would stay intact if he’d played in Diego’s era tbh.
Nobby Cybergoat
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I heard we received massive insurance payouts every time Lallana wondered off the pitch after 8 minutes and the premiums were actually very reasonable.
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
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Clubs and players will have insurance against career ending injuries to protect their investment in the player/protect the player from loss of earnings.
Players are an asset for a club and in normal business you’d have insurance protecting yourself from loss of those assets football is no different.
A career ending injury isn’t that common really, think about how many players we’ve got on our books right now and how many have had career ending injuries in the last 10 seasons. The only one who immediately springs to mind is Mwepu.
So insurance is very common but I imagine the premiums would make most of us do a double take. Although it is probably relatively cheap when you consider the income of a PL footballer/club.
Here’s a company that cover both clubs and individual players with examples of players they’ve covered for career ending injuries.
Personal Accident and Illness insurance for Sports Professionals | Miller
We work with sports professionals at all levels from young pros to established internationals, tailoring cost-effective personal accident and illness insurance that provides long-term financial protection.
www.miller-insurance.com
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ChickenBaltiPie
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- Jan 3, 2014
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Just watched that on double speed (it’s very long!!) …..makes the ‘european’ commentary all the more amusing haha
Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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It's *almost* like he's covering his bases because he's not 100% sure, the agent-bothering bellend.
Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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You should let Tony and Dave Weir know. They probably won't be aware of that...
smiler
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They didn't seem to realise last summer
nwgull
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I was certainly aware that personal insurance existed for pro sports people that presumably covered a few years' of lost wages. It's a different magnitude of payout to cover the loss of an asset potentially valued at 10s of millions.Clubs and players will have insurance against career ending injuries to protect their investment in the player/protect the player from loss of earnings.
Players are an asset for a club and in normal business you’d have insurance protecting yourself from loss of those assets football is no different.
I dread to think what the premiums might look like though.
Here’s a company that cover both clubs and individual players with examples of players they’ve covered for career ending injuries.
,Personal Accident and Illness insurance for Sports Professionals | Miller
We work with sports professionals at all levels from young pros to established internationals, tailoring cost-effective personal accident and illness insurance that provides long-term financial protection.
Career-ending injuries or conditions are common enough that insurance companies would want eye-watering premiums if they even wanted to accept the risk at all - insurance companies exist to make money after all. It'd probably be cheaper for clubs to self insure using the money saved on premiums and take the hit when it happens.
It appears that this is what happened with Mwepu as there was an asset write down of around 9m appearing on the 21-22 accounts.
Gomez is a good player from what I've seen from him in Inter Miami.
Still remember his first goal like it happened yesterday.
What's funny is he scored similar goal just a minute before but it was disallowed for offside.
It's here around 1:43:30 mark.
It's a shame that Ronaldinho prefered night life over his sporting career. He's still one of my all time favorite players and would love to see him playing alongside Messi for a few more years. But ofc Guardiola's decision to let Ronnie and Deco go has proven to be the right one. He was wrong about Eto'o though.
Still remember his first goal like it happened yesterday.
What's funny is he scored similar goal just a minute before but it was disallowed for offside.
It's here around 1:43:30 mark.
It's a shame that Ronaldinho prefered night life over his sporting career. He's still one of my all time favorite players and would love to see him playing alongside Messi for a few more years. But ofc Guardiola's decision to let Ronnie and Deco go has proven to be the right one. He was wrong about Eto'o though.
Wouldn’t be surprised if PB/TB have set up an offshore captive insurance company……Clubs and players will have insurance against career ending injuries to protect their investment in the player/protect the player from loss of earnings.
Players are an asset for a club and in normal business you’d have insurance protecting yourself from loss of those assets football is no different.
A career ending injury isn’t that common really, think about how many players we’ve got on our books right now and how many have had career ending injuries in the last 10 seasons. The only one who immediately springs to mind is Mwepu.
So insurance is very common but I imagine the premiums would make most of us do a double take. Although it is probably relatively cheap when you consider the income of a PL footballer/club.
Here’s a company that cover both clubs and individual players with examples of players they’ve covered for career ending injuries.
Personal Accident and Illness insurance for Sports Professionals | Miller
We work with sports professionals at all levels from young pros to established internationals, tailoring cost-effective personal accident and illness insurance that provides long-term financial protection.
Even if Gilmour would leave, I don't think any more midfielders are coming in. Another CB and/or another RB could come but anything more in terms of midfielders or attackers looks very unlikely to me. The competition is already unreal.
Let’s see.
We were after a midfield goal/assist king in KDH and are losing our own German version this week. I think Hürzeler needs a big contribution from midfield in this department but it’s not clear who he favours at present, especially if Wieffer is going to sit in very deep with the centre backs.