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lol they’ve been relegated more times than I’ve had hot dinners. What do they expect was going to happen?
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Chelsea giving out 8yr contracts to kids again. Thought that had been nipped in the bud?
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Bob Sacamano wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 5:51 am Chelsea giving out 8yr contracts to kids again. Thought that had been nipped in the bud?
There is no restriction on length of contract. The loophole that was closed was amortising the asset over the full length of contract if overb5 years. They can still offer 8, 9 10 year, even lifetime contracts if they wish, but they have to pay the full transfer fee within 5 years.
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Ahhh gotcha. Thanks for the info.
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Shogun wrote: Wed Jul 08, 2026 4:36 pm Odd one

Bought him for £16m two years ago!
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As they say in the old Punch and Judy shows “ Dats de way to do it “
Turning footballers into merchandise….
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blueToffee wrote: Tue Jul 07, 2026 3:16 pm Rumour of Spurs bidding 85 mil for Bournemouth’s Kroupi. They’ll probably hold out for 100 mil at current market rates.

Spurs outspending everyone at the moment if this sort of thing goes through.
just like lpool and watch em flop
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£50m

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He’s worth that I think.
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Their transfer policy looks really sound this season, sell established players for massive fees and buy lots of under 21s with high potential and ability to contribute now, at least some of them anyway.

Shows how buying and selling well then allows you to spend on the kind of young talent we want here really, but can't afford the fees because we don't have many players we can sell for profit, let alone £40m-£50m profit.
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AjaxAndy wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 4:51 pm Their transfer policy looks really sound this season, sell established players for massive fees and buy lots of under 21s with high potential and ability to contribute now, at least some of them anyway.

Shows how buying and selling well then allows you to spend on the kind of young talent we want here really, but can't afford the fees because we don't have many players we can sell for profit, let alone £40m-£50m profit.
It's disappointing that some clubs have to act like trading houses, speculators or resellers (maybe our new sponsors CMC markets can give us an edge? ;) )

Yet for some they're either never in the space to be able to make multi million pound gambles, or at the other end of the spectrum, where money is of no concern at all.

Found this funny when researching one CMC product offering, Spread Betting - "Unlike traditional investing where the maximum loss is limited to the amount invested, spread betting carries the risk of losing more than the original Stake" :shock: :?
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Why is ‘Stake’ capitalised? :whistle:
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Free Agent wrote: Fri Jul 10, 2026 11:42 am Why is ‘Stake’ capitalised? :whistle:
Quite :whistle:
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Cods wrote: Fri Jul 10, 2026 12:06 am It's disappointing that some clubs have to act like trading houses, speculators or resellers (maybe our new sponsors CMC markets can give us an edge? ;) )
If only they had some money behind them :roll:
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