KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum Possibly the best thing to happen to football - A REVOLUTION

Most good players from Serbia should leave because the teams and football association in Serbia are so corrupt that I stopped following serbian football altogether. If you think FIFA was corrupt, the Serbian FA make them look like little children.

I understand what you are saying, but I disagree with it. I am not saying you are wrong, just that I feel you might be underestimating the impact this could have. It would probably mean doing away with transfer windows too, which means teams could re enforce when they need to, and not have to wait for a certain window.

I just took Serbia as an example because you would know the situation well. What I meant was, if Serboan clubs are not going to receive any transfer fees dor their best players leaving, they will not be able to invest to develop players either in infrastruture or people. The transfer window doesn't have anything to do with that as every club would wish to have stability and contracts will start in particular periods. I think the transfer window is a good thing and should be made shorter if anything, otherwise you end up with players moving to different clubs in the same season which distorts the competition. As I said, it is the players wanting that and they will be the biggest winners, and the losers will be the smaller clubs, unless there are other things in the change which we are unaware of. As it is I can't see any positive revolution.

I know what you mean Vish, but the counter side of that is that if the Serbian clubs, for example, dont get transfer fees for their best players, they would be FORCED into developing players because they couldn't just buy them. This would give more chances to local lads. I believe it would also level out the playing field because the smaller clubs in Serbia would finally be able to compete with Red Star and Partiyan Belgrade, which they currently cannot because these guys just buy all the best talent from around the country. I know you think that they will continue to do so by simply offering the highest wages but I don't think it will be quite so for several reasons. You say that the new wages wont be 250k but 250m a week, but multiply 2.5mil by 52weeks and see what figure you get. I don't believe clubs will be able to offer that much for 11 starters plus 11 subs. It would mean that instead of paying 30 mil for Willian for example, Chelsea would have to pay 52 mil, if they offered him a 1m wage. Would they be willing to pay so much for a squad player? Sure for 2 or 3 superstar key players, but not for the rest of the squad. That means other teams could all of a sudden compete in terms of wages.

Another very good point is the loan system. I am absolutely convinced that clubs like chelsea buy players simply to stop others from getting them, Salah being a prime example. Stockpiling players will become a problem if you have to pay exhorbitant wages per week for a player you don't plan on using. Paying 11 mill once off is not the same as offering 500k a week...with transfer fees, it might work for Chelsea because they know they can often recoup most of their investment when they eventually move the player on, but with a wage system, they will get no financial return, so investing so much in players they won't use will have a much bigger impact.

I get what you are saying and you do have a point, but i think that the positives could outweigh the negatives.