Undisclosed fees

[Mellotron]

Other than wanting to show off - Real Madrid buying the next Galactico - why would you ever NOT simply say "Undisclosed fee"?

 

[Acker79]

When your person responsible has been pilloried as not really knowing what he was doing, and you've got a great deal? When you want to defend selling a star player and can show it was for an amount too good to turn down?

 

[Mellotron]

When your person responsible has been pilloried as not really knowing what he was doing, and you've got a great deal? When you want to defend selling a star player and can show it was for an amount too good to turn down?

Yeah but, apart from those good reasons, why else?

 

[Acker79]

When you want to make a statement of intent to your fan base?

 

[hans kraay fan club]

To give Sky Sports and the papers something to talk about.

 

[highway61]

Yes ok, but apart from those four reasons

 

[Badger]

To please the people hanging around outside the stadium (usually in Newcastle) on transfer deadline day.

 

[Easy 10]

To stop BW claiming he knows precisely what the fee was, but isn't allowed to tell anyone ?

 

[El Presidente]

To give your rivals, players and their agents less confidence in estimating how much of your budget you have to spend.

 

[GingerBeerMan]

To give your rivals, players and their agents less confidence in estimating how much of your budget you have to spend.

Surely undisc. would be better for this?

 

[ali jenkins]

Surely undisc. would be better for this?

Edited because it made no sense whatsoever!

 

[Acker79]

Surely undisc. would be better for this?

Depends. If you sell One player for 20m, then leave a new signing as undisclosed, potential sellers might try charging you up to 20m for the next one you're trying to buy off them. If you announce you paid £12m for your new signing, clubs know you are limited to 8m and can only push you that far.

 

[stripeyshark]

What did the Romans ever do for us?