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Leicester - Adrien Silva
- Thread starter Dick Head
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Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Perhaps they should have sent it earlier ? They had from June 10th to do so.
mejonaNO12 aka riskit
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Why ON EARTH are they sending VIDEO GAMES when trying to complete a transfer!?
Bladders
Twats everywhere
Official Old Man
Uckfield Seagull
Do they really still use a fax machine? I have one and still use it weekly.
But how many phone lines have the FA got? How many clubs were frantically pushing re-dial at 22:50?
But how many phone lines have the FA got? How many clubs were frantically pushing re-dial at 22:50?
mejonaNO12 aka riskit
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The transfer clearly wasn't agreed on June the 10th, so no they didn't
How are people not understanding that this is a two way thing
Presumably the RULES refer to FIFA receiving the required documents by a cut-off. When they were sent is pretty irrelevant.
They didn't. They only bought Silva because Drinkwater had gone to Chelsea just an hour before ... so they probably had under 60 minutes to complete the deal.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
It's FIFA, so it's the international clearance that's being refused.
theboybilly
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Birdie Boy
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- Jun 17, 2011
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I said it was the fax.. they were always going to argue this, especially over 14 seconds. I expect FIFA had the clock wrong on the fax as well! Have they calibrated it?[emoji6]
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Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
But they didn't have to sign this particular player.
They had from June 10th to fill the place in the 25 man squad and decided it wasn't urgent enough to do before ( or as it turns out, after ) the last second.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Well they shouldn't have released Drinkwater then until the deal was done.
No sympathy from me - they messed up.
Live by the last second, die by the last second.
mejonaNO12 aka riskit
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We wanted to sign a striker and the club made it clear it was important. We didn't manage it.
Just because you REALLY want it to happen, it doesn't mean it will.
They sold a midfielder on the last day of the window. For all we know the Silva deal was all verbally agreed and suddenly hit a roadblock.
Again, watch the Bleacher report video about Sheffield United on deadline day and you will see how 3 seemingly done deals can turn into none within 30 minutes.
mejonaNO12 aka riskit
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And end up with too many players if Chelsea were late submitting their Drinkwater paperwork.
It's really not as straightforward as people would love to believe. You have two clubs, sometimes more if the agreement is part of a chain, agents representing clubs, agents representing players, agents trying to get involved in the deal and bring in other clubs and then the player themselves who, as Barkley showed, can have a change of heart.
larus
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To me this is officialdom gone mad.
Before some **** says "Rules are rules", I get that. But no one can really say that Leicester have tried to abuse something here. FIFA could apply common sense and 'pretend' that the documents were there in time. 14 seconds. It's shit like this which astounds me - but actually with a corrupt organisation like FIFA, no it doesn't.
If this was us trying to squeeze something through in the last few minutes due to other things collapsing/happening, we'd be well f*cked off.
Before some **** says "Rules are rules", I get that. But no one can really say that Leicester have tried to abuse something here. FIFA could apply common sense and 'pretend' that the documents were there in time. 14 seconds. It's shit like this which astounds me - but actually with a corrupt organisation like FIFA, no it doesn't.
If this was us trying to squeeze something through in the last few minutes due to other things collapsing/happening, we'd be well f*cked off.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Other transfer windows are still open ( and some will open ) to enable the selling of surplus players who arn't in the 25 man squad
Leicester have messed up and are trying to wriggle off the hook.
Kalimantan Gull
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What is FIFA playing at? 14 seconds is irrelevant, just put the transfer through, why make a song and dance about it? Idiots.
mejonaNO12 aka riskit
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Other transfer windows are still open ( and some will open ) to enable the selling of surplus players who arn't in the 25 man squad
What if you want to bring in another improvement of midfield quality in the next window though?
Do they buy the new midfielder they want and then get stuck with 2 excess midfielders until the next window if they somehow don't manage to sell them?
Tottenham didn't want Janssen and didn't manage to sell him.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
14 seconds is ok then, presumably 14 minutes isn't.
Is 2 minutes ok ? Is 1 minute ok ? 55 seconds ? 59 seconds ? 61 seconds ?